Formal Charges Filed Against U.S. Academic
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China has formally charged U.S. academic Wu Jianmin with endangering national security, a Hong Kong-based rights group said.
Wu, detained April 8, will probably go on trial before President Bush’s planned visit to China in October, the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said.
But State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Wu’s status has not changed since he was formally arrested May 25.
The rights group said Wu is suspected of contributing to a book on the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre of pro-democracy protesters.
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