China tries NY Times researcher (BBC)

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The trial of New York Times researcher Zhao Yan has ended in Beijing, with no word on when a verdict will be reached.

Mr Zhao, who has been held by the Chinese authorities since September 2004, denied charges of fraud and leaking state secrets.
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Mr Zhao, if convicted of "providing state secrets abroad", faces a minimum of 10 years in jail. Authorities have given no details of the alleged crime.

However Mr Zhao is thought to have been detained in connection with a New York Times report about plans by ex-President Jiang Zemin to retire from his top military post.

At the time, Mr Jiang's intention would have been a closely guarded secret, and any leak regarded as a serious offence.
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