Word: yang
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...citizen, spoke at the press conference about her personal relationship with Yang...
Three members of Congress called on President Bush yesterday to press for the release of Yang Jianli—a Harvard graduate who has been detained in China for almost six months—when Bush meets with Chinese President Jiang Zemin next week...
...Yang, a U.S. permanent resident who earned a doctorate from the Kennedy School of Government, was detained in the Chinese city of Kunming on April 26. He had been banned from China following his involvement in the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square...
Even aside from international concerns, Feinerman said China’s treatment of Yang also runs counter to its domestic legal system...
...spokesperson for Greencool didn't return phone calls seeking comment?standard operating procedure in a country where "the less said, the better" could be the corporate motto at most organizations. Ultimately, Yang may have contributed to his own downfall simply by flying too high and speaking too much. When Forbes magazine named Yang the second-richest man in China with a $900-million fortune, he lined up his cars, including a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes limousines, so that Chinese papers could photograph them. "This is a town where, if you make a lot of money, you keep your head...