Gov't Seeking to Deport Chinese Scolar

[Judi Lynn]

Gov't Seeking to Deport Chinese Scolar
By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press Writer
Sunday, January 22, 2006
(01-22) 09:35 PST Alexandria, Va. (AP) --

Nearly five years ago, the U.S. government exerted high-profile diplomatic pressure on China to secure the return of scholar Gao Zhan, a researcher at American University whom Beijing believed was a spy for Taiwan.

Now, the Department of Homeland Security is pushing with equal vigor to have her deported back to China.

Gao's case, set for a hearing Monday on the latest twist, became international news in February 2001 when she and her family were arrested by the Chinese on suspicion of espionage. Her husband, Xue Donghua, and the couple's 5-year-old son were released after a month in custody, but the Chinese government charged Gao with espionage.

The State Department protested and worked hard to secure her release. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., was one of many elected officials who took up her cause and introduced legislation, which ultimately failed, to grant her U.S. citizenship in absentia.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/01/22/national/a093510S84.DTL

[Deja Q]

1. Reminds me of that Jerry Lee Lewis song about the bathtub...

Flippin' and-a floppin'...

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. I'm sorry, did they leave out the part that explains if she had been

working for the NSA all would be forgiven????