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China releases Boston-based activist

A Boston-based Chinese activist has been released from prison after serving a five-year term on charges of spying for rival Taiwan and entering China illegally, his lawyer said Saturday. Yang Jianli was detained in 2002 while traveling around China meeting with activists and laid-off workers. Yang was released Friday in Beijing and planned to visit his father’s grave in eastern China before returning to the United States, said his lawyer, Mo Shaoping. Full Story