Monthly Archives: October 2004

NY Times Employee Detained On Secrets Charge

New York Times employee Zhao Yan, a Chinese national, was detained September 17 on a Kafkaesque “leaking state secrets to foreigners” charge. A Tuesday, October 5 NYT editorial on the case said: “…Apparently, the “state secret” in this case was an advance report that Mr. Jiang was about to retire. The Times has said Mr. [...]