In the midst of rising tensions between the United States and China, Republicans—including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)—are calling for the release of American Mark Swidan, who has been detained by Beijing for more than a decade.
Cruz—along with Texas Republicans Sen. John Cornyn and Congressman Michael Cloud—introduced a resolution calling for Swidan’s immediate release on the heels of the now-postponed meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang.
Blinken called off the highly-anticipated meeting on Feb. 3 over the discovery of a suspected Chinese spy balloon spotted floating over Billings, Montana, several days earlier. It was shot down by a U.S. military plane on Feb. 4….