Jiang Weiping
Chinese journalist (born c. 1955) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jiang Weiping (Chinese: 姜维平 ; born c. 1955)[1] is a veteran mainland Chinese journalist known internationally for his arrest by the Chinese Communist Party in 2001.
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Born | c. 1955 |
Nationality | Chinese |
Occupation | journalist |
Awards | CPJ International Press Freedom Award (2001) |
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In 1999, he began publishing a series of articles about the Communist Party corruption in the Hong Kong magazine Frontline (Chinese: 前哨; pinyin: Qian shao), including a report on Bo Xilai.[2] He was arrested in December 2000 and sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of revealing state secrets, but was granted early release in 2006. After a period of house arrest, he emigrated to Canada in 2009.