A Rancho Palos Verdes man returned on Monday after being held in China for almost five years, according to an Associated Press report.
Hu Zhicheng went to China in 2004 to work but later "became involved in a dispute with a competitor who accused Hu of stealing information and providing it to a related company his wife was running," according to the report.
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