WORLD IN BRIEFWashington Post ASIA BEIJING -- A U.S.-based Chinese activist has been released after serving a five-year prison term on charges of spying for rival Taiwan and entering China illegally, his attorney said Saturday. The U.S. government had appealed to Beijing to free Yang Jianli, who was detained in 2002 while traveling in China, meeting with activists and laid-off workers. -------------------------- |