Gov’t Seeking to Deport Chinese Scholar – Matthew Barakat

From AP, via ABC News:

Nearly five years ago, the U.S. government exerted high-profile diplomatic pressure on China to secure the return of scholar Gao Zhan, a researcher at American University whom Beijing believed was a spy for Taiwan.

Now, the Department of Homeland Security is pushing with equal vigor to have her deported back to China.

Gao’s case, set for a hearing Monday on the latest twist, became international news in February 2001 when she and her family were arrested by the Chinese on suspicion of espionage. Her husband, Xue Donghua, and the couple’s 5-year-old son were released after a month in custody, but the Chinese government charged Gao with espionage.