February 18, 2000

Detention and Release in Beijing: the Case of Yongyi Song

By DOUG GUTHRIE

China's decision to detain the Dickinson College librarian and researcher Yongyi Song in August outraged the academic community and became a thorn in the side of Beijing in its relations with Washington. While the release of Mr. Song on January 29 brought a sigh of relief to many China watchers, the case exemplifies how tenuous are the social reforms China has made over the last two decades. Yet it also illustrates how important those reforms, however tenuous, have

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