Houston businessman Mark Swidan released as part of prisoner swap with China

Thanks to this administration’s efforts and diplomacy with the PRC, all of the wrongfully detained Americans in the PRC are home,

the spokesperson said, referring to the People’s Republic of China

Soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years,

the spokesperson said in a statement

We are pleased to announce the release of Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung from detention in the People’s Republic of China,

a US National Security Council spokesperson told CNN on Wednesday

Chuck Schumersenate Majority Leader

For the families of those Americans newly freed by the Chinese government, this Thanksgiving there is so much to be thankful for,

Schumer said

Our family is extremely pleased to see the return of Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Evan Gershkovich back to the U.S. and wish them and their families the best in the long road to recovery,

Li told VOA in a written statement