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US expresses "great regret" over beating of Chinese citizen        US State Department on Thursday expressed regret over the beating of Chinese businesswoman Zhao Yan by officers of the US Customs and Border Protection. "We regret the apparent mistreatment of a Chinese national by a US customs officer in the Niagara Falls. We have communicated to the Chinese Government that the US customs officer was arrested by the Customs and Border Patrol Police and his case referred for criminal prosecution," the State Department said in a statement. "Secretary (Colin) Powell has been very clear that America is an...

FM urges US to punish officer for beating    Lawyer of Chinese businesswoman Zhao Yan, Stanley Legan checks her wounds at his New York office, July 23. The 37-year-old Zhao Yan was beaten by a US border inspector for no reason on Wednesday near the famous Niagara Falls.(Xinhua Photo) China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing urged the US to make serious and thorough investigations into the case in which a Chinese businesswoman was pepper-sprayed and beaten by a US border inspector. In a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Collin Powell July 26, Li urged the US side to...