From Asia Sentinel: On Jan. 16, Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong passed his thousandth day in a Chinese prison on espionage charges. There is little sign that he will be released despite some hope that Beijing could relent in...
Read MoreFrom The Straits Times, via AsiaMedia: Prison officers have promised to allow jailed Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong to have regular intestinal check-ups to prevent a medical condition from worsening, his wife has said. “He has lost about 15-20kg since he was detained in 2005 and has developed a polyp in his large intestines. The […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghaiist Blog: From the unreadable without a proxy BBC we find that Lu Jianhua, a scholar with the Chinese academy of social sciences (CASS) has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. The information has yet to be released widely in the media, though we wouldn’t be surprised if it got less play than […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via The Age: A Chinese court has jailed a prominent sociologist for 20 years for leaking state secrets, a sentence that rights groups say is a blow to academic freedom. Lu Jianhua, 46, a sociologist with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a government think-tank, was convicted by the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People’s […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times (photo from washingtonpost.com): A Beijing appeals court today upheld a spying conviction against a prominent Hong Kong journalist in a case that has brought criticism against China from human rights and media advocacy groups. The journalist, Ching Cheong, faces a five-year prison sentence. He was arrested in April 2005 during […]
Read MoreThe Guardian seizes on Wen Jiabao‘s impending visit to the UK to summarize recent crackdowns on dissenting voices: The Chinese prime minister, Wen Jiabao, flew into London today amid rising international criticism of his government’s crackdown on lawyers, journalists, NGOs and civil liberties activists. In the most repressive phase since Mr Wen and President Hu […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: The wife of a Hong Kong journalist jailed in mainland China for spying says her husband is to appeal. Ching Cheong, the chief China correspondent for Singapore’s Straits Times, was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison. Mary Lau said her husband had sent her a message calling his conviction unfair […]
Read MoreFrom New York Times: A Hong Kong journalist has been sentenced to five years in prison after a Beijing court convicted him on charges of spying for Taiwan, state media reported Thursday morning. The journalist, Ching Cheong, 56, was tried in a closed courtroom earlier this month after being held for 18 months. International human […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: With the Chinese government promising foreign journalists unprecedented freedom in the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games, the trials of Zhao Yan and Ching Cheong serve as a reminder of the reality on the ground. Zhao, a researcher for The New York Times, was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday. […]
Read MoreFrom Straits Times, via Asia Media: After nearly 16 months in detention, Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong was put on trial by the Chinese authorities yesterday on charges of spying for Taiwan. The closed-door trial, held at the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court, was wrapped up by the end of the day. But no […]
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