Beijing has been accusing the U.S. of hegemony over the past few days. But that rhetoric is targeted at a domestic audience, not the Americans,

Taiwan is China's only archrival these days. China punished these academics to send a warning to Taiwan. Only when the Americans interfere did they compromise.

They use any excuses to arrest people and use them as bargaining chips in dealing with foreign countries such as the United States.

The definition of state secrets are very vague, anything could be considered state secrets. China is certainly more open now, but transparency of information is still very low.

Lee grew up and had his education in Japan, he has a strong Japan complex and must trust Japanese health system more than Taiwan,