A former Chicago college student sentenced to eight years in federal prison for spying on behalf of the Chinese government is part of a prisoner swap with Beijing in the final months of the Biden

China released three Americans as part of a prisoner swap between the Biden administration and the Chinese government, according to a person familiar with the matter, a rare moment of cooperation between the adversaries.

Swidan, from Texas, was held since 2012 in a prison in southern China and was never charged until he was convicted in a drug case and ultimately handed a suspended death sentence.