China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Tuesday that Mrs. Phan-Gillis was "suspected of carrying out activities endangering national security, and is currently being investigated by relevant departments"."We hope that the outside world will respect China's handling of this case according to law," he added.

　　Mrs Phan-Gillis was president of the Houston Shenzhen Sister City Association and consulted for Chinese and US businesses. One of her colleages in the trip told the BBC "there was nothing out of the ordinary" about the trip but described the sequence of events as they left China as "bizarre". They had been travelling around China for about a week when the group went through immigration control at the border between Guangdong and Macau, in Zhuhai, on 19 March.

　　The group became separated, regrouping on the other side - without Mrs Phan-Gillis.After returning to Houston several days later, Mr Gillis told them that the US consulate had informed him his wife had been detained, accused of stealing state secrets.

　　Her family vigorously deny the accusations, which they say have never been properly explained. Since then, consular officials have been able to visit Mrs Phan-Gillis periodically, to check up on her health, which her husband says is poor, and to pass on messages.

　　The US embassy in Beijing would not comment on the story and referred the BBC to the US Department of State in Washington, which was closed at the time of enquiry.

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