Chinese journo freed after detention

A Chinese journalist detained for nine months after helping a German magazine report on democracy protests in Hong Kong has been released, she told AFP yesterday, though associates said her lawyer was being held.
Zhang Miao, detained in October amid a crackdown on mainland supporters of protests which shut down parts of Hong Kong, was held in Beijing days after returning from a reporting trip to the former British colony.
Her detention highlighted risks facing Chinese nationals who work for foreign media in China and are often subject to harassment from state security.