WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Gao Zhan, the American University sociologist and researcher who was convicted as a spy last week and then granted a medical parole by the Chinese government, defied Beijing on ...

Gao Zhan and Qin Guangguang "collected intelligence for spy agencies in Taiwan, causing a serious threat to China's national security," Xinhua reported. Gao, a 39-year-old researcher from the ...

U.S. Immigration Judge Paul Schmidt ordered a “relief from removal” order March 20 for Gao Zhan, 44, who admitted selling more than $500,000 worth of military-grade microprocessors to the ...

Chinese human rights activist Gao Zhan pleads guilty to U.S. federal charges of unlawful export and tax evasion. In 2001, the Chinese government imprisoned Gao for five months after convicting her ...

The investigation into the illegal technology exports to which Gao Zhan pleaded guilty Wednesday began before the former American University researcher was imprisoned in China and convicted by ...