Three American citizens who had been detained for years in China were released, a State Department spokesperson said Wednesday.

Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released. That word comes Wednesday from the White House and it's a rare diplomatic agreement with Beijing in the final months of the Biden administration.

Three Americans who had been detained in China for years have been released in a prisoner swap between Washington and Beijing.

The State Department downgraded its travel advisory for China on Wednesday after the release of three U.S. citizens who had been held in the country for years.

China released three American detainees Wednesday after striking a deal for a prisoner exchange with the Biden administration.

The plight of Americans facing exit bans in China show the enduring risks of getting caught in the country’s murky legal system.

Americans Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung are en route back to the United States from imprisonment in China, the White House said.

All of them had been designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained by China. Officials and humanitarian aid groups said the three Americans were arrested on arbitrary and unlawful charges.