31.   A U.S.-based Chinese scholar convicted of spying returned to the United States on Thursday after China granted her medical parole.

32.   After five months of detention in China, a U.S.-based Chinese scholar relaxed with her family and prepared to take the oath as an American citizen.

33.   Also Monday, friends and family of a U.S.-linked Chinese scholar freed on medical parole said he will likely leave China for the United States this week.

34.   Another Chinese scholar, Qu Wei, who is thought to have given Gao the documents that she passed to Li, was also indicted, Bai said.

35.   Chinese scholars at a symposium on relations between Taiwan and China also met late Tuesday to criticize Lee, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said.

36.   Chinese scholars of Tibet on Friday accused a U.S. congressman of lying about conditions in the Himalayan region to spoil ties between China and the United States.

37.   Chinese scholars at a symposium on mainland-Taiwan relations met late Tuesday to criticize Lee, Xinhua said.

38.   Chinese scholars believe Uighurs are trained in Afghanistan, along with Islamic militants from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

39.   China this week released three Chinese scholars with U.S. ties who had been convicted of spying.

40.   Chinese scholars and experts who gathered in Beijing on Friday to discuss the books appeared to side with the Taiwanese rightists.