Yang Jianli, a U.S.-based Chinese activist, was released April 27 after serving a five-year prison term on charges of spying for rival Taiwan and entering China illegally. He was detained in 2002 while traveling around China meeting with activists and laid-off workers. After release, he planned to visit his father's grave in eastern China before returning to the United States.
Yang is a Chinese citizen who has lived in the United States since 1986. His family lives in Brookline, Mass. He founded the Foundation for China in the 21st Century, which advocates political change in China. (Source: Joe McDonald, San Francisco Chronicle, April 27, 2007