But a spokesman said about 20 U.S. citizens are detained or imprisoned in China for a variety of offenses. Without naming Li, the spokesman also confirmed that China notified the embassy in late February that an American had been detained. To date, the Chinese have fulfilled their obligations in terms of notifying the embassy and granting consular access. Liu said Chinese authorities have not said why or where her husband is being held. Most of his research is on China.
Research is research.
She said her husband specializes in strategic management and marketing, but also has written articles supporting political reform in China and the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy demonstrations. An adviser to the late Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang, he now lives with his son's family in Hong Kong. Liu said her husband has traveled frequently to China without incident. Li moved to the United States in 1982 and received his doctorate in sociology from Princeton in 1988. He became a U.S. citizen in 1995, and joined the City University faculty in Hong Kong a year later.