World IN BRIEF : CHINA : 2 Jailed Activists Reportedly Escape
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Two activists who were jailed after the 1989 crackdown on the pro-democracy movement have escaped from China, an activist based in Hong Kong said. Wang Xuecheng, who is also a free-lance journalist, said that Song Xiaoyong, 25, a naval officer, and Xin Li, 27, a student leader in Shanghai, were spirited out of China.
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