Chinese Journalist Detained at Meal With Diplomat Gets 7 Years for Spying 

Dong Yuyu in 2017. 

Source: Dong Family/AP Photos

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BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Beijing on Friday sentenced a prominent Chinese journalist to seven in years in prison for espionage, his family said.

Dong Yuyu, a commentator and editor, was taken away by police while meeting a Japanese diplomat at a restaurant in February 2022. He has been in police custody since then.