Spokesman Nolan Barkhouse said today that the US government is concerned about lack of access to the trial of Yu Yingzeng and husband Peter Humphrey in August. Barkhouse said a 1982 consular agreement signed by the US and China allows officials to attend such trials.
British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline said Yu and Humphrey were hired last year to investigate a security breach involving a top manager. Chinese officials are investigating the company on charges it paid millions of dollars in bribes to doctors and officials.