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Chinese Pastor Freed After Trump's Intervention, Celebrates Independence Day in U.S.

Ezra Jin Mingri, a Chinese Christian pastor, was unexpectedly released from detention in China after President Trump intervened. He celebrated his newfound freedom with family in Los Angeles just before Independence Day.

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