Jiang Weiping
Journalist, Award Winner
1955 –
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Who is Jiang Weiping?
Jiang Weiping is a veteran mainland Chinese journalist known internationally for his arrest by the Communist Party of China in 2001.
In 1999, he began publishing a series of articles about the Communist Party corruption in the Hong Kong magazine Frontline, including a report on Bo Xilai. 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.
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- Born
- 1955
- Spouses
- Nationality
- China
- Profession
- Education
- Liaoning University
History
- Liaoning University
- Lived in
- Toronto
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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