AFP published an exclusive wire service, making public for the first time the defection of the son of an old revolutionary and senior intelligence official to the United States, which led to the dismissal of Ling Yun, the first Minister of state security (MSS).
Larry Wu-Tai Chin died in a federal prison in Virginia. While prison officials concluded it was suicide, his cause of death has sparked skepticism from the public and prosecutors.
After obtaining the funding for the filming of "Hibiscus Town", Liu Xiaoqing pleaded for Jiang Zemin with Deng Xiaoping, and Deng's door reopened for Jiang Zemin.