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Jiang Weiping (October 5, 1955 - ) is a former Hong Kong "Wen Wei Po" reporter based in Dalian. From June to September 1999, he successively published under a pseudonym in the Hong Kong political magazine "Sentinel Magazine" "Li Tieying's son snatched the white wolf in Dalian empty-handed, Bo Xilai engaged in anti-corruption, arrested the small and magnified them", "The rich one takes care of the other two" Nineteen mistresses, former Daqing Mayor Qian Dihua was arrested," "Shenyang Vice Mayor Macau lost 30 million," "Dalian Soviet Army Memorial Tower Relocation Troubles," and many other reports. He also wrote articles exposing the political deficiencies and private life of Dalian Mayor Bo Xilai, the then CCP political star. Jiang Weiping was arrested by the National Security Bureau in 2000. In May 2001, he was tried in secret and sentenced to eight years in prison for leaking state secrets. His sentence was later commuted to six years. Jiang Weiping's case received widespread international attention, and he was released early due to illness in 2006. In February 2009, Jiang Weiping was granted refugee status by the Canadian authorities.

Category
Media figures
Nationality
People's Republic of China
Born
1955-10-05
Wikidata
Q3178581
Occupations journalist
Aliases Jiang WeipingJiang Weiping

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