The sentencing of Dong Yuyu, a former Harvard Nieman fellow, signals that officials consider some exchanges between Chinese citizens and foreigners to be espionage.

A court in Beijing on Friday sentenced a prominent Chinese journalist to seven in years in prison for espionage, his family said. Dong Yuyu, a commentator and edi

A court in Beijing recently handed down a harsh sentence to veteran journalist Dong Yuyu, sentencing him to seven years in prison on espionage charges. The 62-year-old former editor, who had been detained in February 2022,

A Beijing court has sentenced Dong Yuyu, a veteran Chinese state media journalist, to seven years in prison for espionage after he was detained while meeting a Japanese diplomat. His family and NGOs condemn the verdict as unjust and damaging to press freedom.

A Beijing court sentenced veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu on Friday to seven years in prison for espionage, his family said in a statement, calling the verdict a grave injustice.