Jiang Weiping, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jiang Weiping

Chinese journalist

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1955

Place of Birth: Dalian, Liaoning, China

Profession: journalist

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Jiang Weiping

  • Jiang Weiping (Chinese: ??? ; born c.
  • 1955) 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 (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Qian shao), 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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