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A fugitive suspected of common bribery and shielding or concealing crimes returned to China on Sunday to turn herself in, according to the Communist Party of China's disciplinary authority.

Guo Xin, who was a former associate professor in the School of History and Archives Science at Yunnan University, fled to the United States in August 2010, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said.

She was number 27 on China's top 100 fugitives listed in an Interpol "red notice," and the 47th to return so far.