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...Monday’s editorial, “A Premier Opportunity,” the Staff asserted that University President Lawrence H. Summers has done nothing to advocate for the release of Kennedy School of Government graduate Yang Jianli from a Chinese prison. In fact, Summers has actively pushed for Yang’s release. In a May 2002 trip to China, Summers raised the issue in closed-door meetings with both Chinese and American officials, according to a source familiar with the trip. Additionally, in an Oct. 19, 2002 letter to Ambassador of the People’s Republic...
Most importantly, Summers has to push Wen to release Yang Jianli, a 1995 graduate of the Kennedy School of Government, now languishing in a Chinese prison. Yang is an unapologetic democracy activist, and the Chinese authorities threw dubious espionage charges his way after he entered the country with fake papers a year-and-a-half ago. And even though Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and a number of other Washington politicians have called for Yang’s release—including forceful letters from members of Congress sent to President Bush and Premier Wen last week?...
...Yang Jianli, a former Kennedy School graduate student and pro-democracy activist, was arrested for entering China under false documents in April 2002. He was tried this past August but has not been sentenced...
...Yang resigned. But GNP members are pushing hard to continue the investigation, hoping to show that he accepted bribes from the nightclub owner, Lee Won Ho, in exchange for political help with his legal troubles. (Yang denied accepting bribes.) A key unanswered question: Was Lee involved in illegal fund raising for Roh's campaign? Lee, who is under arrest but denies any wrongdoing, has testified that he helped round up voters for Roh during primary elections. He even got a certificate of appreciation from Roh campaign officials, according to his lawyer. With friends like these, Roh might have...
...pressuring lenders to improve their risk-assessment practices?and urging deadbeats to pay up. In mid-November, the Finance Ministry suggested that companies looking to hire new workers should deny employment to job seekers with a bad credit history. "People who don't pay should be punished," says Byeon Yang Ho, the ministry's director of financial policy...