Researcher Gao Zhan pleads guilty to illegally selling technology to China and tax evasion and urges understanding. See news articles:

• Scholar Says U.S. Unharmed; Gao Defends Human Rights Efforts, Appeals for Sympathy
  Washington Post, November 28, 2003
  

• Rights Figure Illicitly Aided the Chinese
  The New York Times, November 27, 2003 (Associated Press)
  

Gao Zhan returns to the United State. See news articles:

• Gao is thankful to "breathe freely, and now speak freely"
  The New York Times, July 27, 2001
  
• China paroles U.S. scholars
  The New York Times, July 26, 2001
  
• Beijing Sentences 2 Chinese U.S. Residents to Prison
  The New York Times, July 25, 2001
  
• Powell Said to Be Dismayed by Beijing Trial
  The New York Times, July 25, 2001
  
• U.S. Resident Will Likely Be Tried This Month in China
  The New York Times, July 18, 2001
  

China convicts sociologist Li Shaomin, orders deportation. Read the news releases:

• American Convicted of Spying in China The New York Times, July 16, 2001
  
• China Expels U.S. Scholar After Conviction The New York Times, July 15, 2001
  

• ASA writes to Colin Powell to protest the arrest of another sociologist in China, Dr. Li Shaomin. Read Letter to Colin Powell
  
• Scholars detained by China.
  
• Joint press conference held to protest the detention of academics in China.
  
• ASA calls for the release of Dr. Gao from detention in the People's Republic of China.
  
• ASA joins forces with Human Rights Watch and NY Academy of Sciences to urge the release of Drs. Li, Gao, and Xu.