A well-known Chinese journalist is facing charges of espionage from China’s government. Dong Yuyu — a writer known for his reformist ideas — was seized in February of last year after having lunch with a Japanese diplomat.
His family kept the news a secret in hopes he would be released. But Yuyu — who spent time in the United States as a Havard University fellow and taught in Japan — is now headed to trial.
We hear from Xiao Qiang, a research scientist at the University of California Berkeley studying state censorship and social control in China.
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