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EPISODE · Jan 27, 2026 · 33 MIN

AM Show Hr 1 | Death Sentence in China: An American’s Fight to Survive

from The Michael Berry Show

An unbelievable true story: American businessman Mark Swidan walks into China on a routine materials trip and ends up sentenced to death. After twelve brutal years in a CCP detention camp, starvation, beatings, and nonstop pressure to confess to crimes he didn’t commit, he finally returns home after a prisoner swap. In this episode, Mark details the arrest, torture, sham trial, and the staggering failure of U.S. officials to protect him.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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