Caught in a Chinese Box
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 advance of the 2008 Olympics.
The China correspondent for the Straits Times of Singapore, Ching was lured across the border with a promise of access …
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