TUESDAY marked the third year that pro-democracy activist Yang Jianli has spent in a Chinese prison. Congressman Barney Frank, along with Jianli’s wife, Christina Fu, and his lawyer, Jared Genser, held a press conference yesterday to acknowledge the sad anniversary and urge a medical parole for Jianli, who suffered a paralyzing stroke last July.
Jianli has a long history with China. A former member of the Chinese Communist party, he eventually abandoned their belief system and left for America in 1986 to study at Harvard and Berkeley.
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