World IN BRIEF : CHINA : 2 Reported Charged in 1989 Protests

Two strategists of last year’s pro-democracy movement have been charged with plotting to overthrow the government, a crime punishable by death, Chinese sources said. The accused men are Chen Zeming, 37, who was publisher of the now-banned Economic Studies Weekly, and Wang Juntao, 32, who was its editor. They were also charged with counterrevolutionary incitement. The charges, which come more than a year after the two were arrested, are the most serious brought so far against any intellectuals involved in the June, 1989, protests at Tian An Men Square.