BEIJING: China's most-wanted fugitive returned from the US Wednesday and surrendered, authorities in Beijing said, despite the two countries lacking an extradition treaty.

Yang Xiuzhu, 70, was number one on a list of China's top 100 fugitives that it circulated through Interpol last year as it promoted its "Sky Net" effort to repatriate corrupt officials.

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