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Because this charge is less serious than 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...
...John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) wrote a letter to the Chinese embassasador urging that Yang be released. A month later, he and 11 other members of Congress, including Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-Mass.), wrote again...
Genser was also able to get Fu in touch with Cohen for legal advice. Coincidentally, Cohen had already met Yang when he attended a lecture Cohen gave on political detainees in China...
...Yang heads the Boston-based think tank Foundation for China in the 21st Century, which advocates for democracy and constitutional rule of law in China—a more research-based approach to his pro-democracy work...
While running the foundation, Yang was also working towards a doctorate, studying mathematical approaches to politics with Ramsey Professor of Political Economy Richard J. Zeckhauser...