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RELEASED. GAO ZHAN, 39, and QIN GUANGGUANG, 45, Chinese scholars with U.S. ties, convicted of spying for Taiwan; in Beijing. Gao, a researcher at American University in Washington, and Qin, once a visiting scholar at Stanford, both U.S. residents, were tried, convicted and paroled within three days--in advance of Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit to Beijing. Gao is back in the U.S., but Qin has decided to stay in China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Aug. 6, 2001 | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

...Gao Yanhong strides out of his Shanghai flat and slides into a taxi. Opening his sample case, which is filled with designer shades, he grabs his wireless handheld computer and begins his morning routine: trading the mainland's volatile "B" shares online as the taxi weaves through traffic. For Gao, who sometimes slips out of sales meetings to check on a preprogrammed stock alert, the personal digital assistant (PDA) has become indispensable. "I always take my PDA with me," says Gao, whose specialty model, made by niche player GWcom, sells for $240 in a market where stripped-down devices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Handheld Combat | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

...These days Chinese PDA makers are hungrily pursuing customers like Gao, who represent long-term salvation from a price war in the mainland's fledgling but fast-growing PDA market. There are as many as 100 rivals in this slugfest, ranging from market leaders Hi-Tech Wealth, Meijin and Legend Computers, to manufacturers better known for selling refrigerators. Their tactics are predatory. In brutal marketing campaigns with names like Plan A (inspired by a popular Jackie Chan action flick), they have cut prices by a gut-wrenching 40%. "I'm the worst one when it comes to challenging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Handheld Combat | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

Person of the Week SPIES LIKE US? Just days before Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit, Beijing experienced a bout of benevolence, releasing three Chinese-born U.S. scholars convicted on charges of spying for Taiwan. Gao Zhan and Qin Guangguang were sprung on "medical grounds," while Li Shaomin was expelled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

Chinese authorities have detained two American-based academics this year. University researcher Gao Zhan, right, a permanent U.S. resident whose son and husband are citizens, was arrested for espionage last week after being held for more than a month. Li Shaomin, a U.S. citizen and Hong Kong professor, was taken into custody while visiting the mainland last month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Big Test: Flash Points: The Roads To Confrontation | 4/16/2001 | See Source »

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