Ching Cheong

Ching Cheong is a senior journalist with The Straits Times. He is best known for having been detained by the Peoples Republic of China on allegations of spying for Taiwan. He was imprisoned from April 2005 to February 2008, spending more than 1000 days in prison.

Ching was born in Guangzhou, China onDecember 1949. He was educated in St. Pauls College, Hong Kong, and graduated from Hong Kong University in 1973 with a degree in Economics.

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