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Chinese Activist Surfaces After Year in Custody and Conflicting Reports on His Status

The New York Times reports that Gao Zhisheng is no longer missing: In a brief telephone interview on Sunday, Mr. Gao said that he was no longer in police custody, but that he could not give any details of his predicament. “I’m fine now, but I’m not in a position to be interviewed,” he said from Wutai Mountain, the site of a well-known Buddhist monastery. “I’ve been sentenced but released.” Since Mr