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...conspiracy against the government and because his case has generated great concern in the U.S., Yang could be released within the next few months, according to former Harvard Law School Professor Jerome A. Cohen. Cohen is an expert on the Chinese legal system and serves as legal adviser to Yang??€™s wife...
...Yang??€™s wife, Harvard Medical School researcher Christina X. Fu, has successfully used Harvard connections to recruit a number of supporters in an attempt to secure her husband’s release...
University President Lawrence H. Summers was aware of and concerned about Yang??€™s case before his visit to China last May. According to a source familiar with details of the trip, Summers raised the issue with both Chinese and American officials while in China...
...helped in enlisting support in Washington by Yang??€™s former graduate school classmate, Jared Genser, who works for Freedom Now, an organization which helps to free prisoners of conscience world-wide...
According to Cohen, the more prominent officials who support Yang??€™s case, the better his chances for release—though the case will still have to go through the Chinese legal process...