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Thursday, May 13, 2004

China Jails U.S.-Based Activist Yang for Spying (Reuters). Reuters - China sentenced U.S.-based scholar Yang Jianli to five years in jail on Thursday for illegally entering the country and spying, his lawyer said, in a case that has triggered widespread criticism abroad. [Yahoo! News - World]
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China jails US-based activist. Yang Jianli, a prominent US-based Chinese democracy activist, is given five years for "spying for Taiwan". [BBC News | World | UK Edition]
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Internet Censorship and Tiananamen Square

Born and Banned in China by Yan Sham-Shackleton

Around late March/early April every year for the last 15, the Chinese government goes on alert. April is a sensitive time for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), because not only do human rights NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) such as Amnesty International file their previous year reports after the first quarter, it is also the month the 1989 democratic movement began in China. [more]

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