BEIJING, May 9 (UPI) -- An outspoken 70-year-old Chinese journalist with a reputation for criticizing the Chinese government has been arrested and charged with leaking confidential information to a foreign website, China state news agency Xinhua reported Thursday.
Gao Yu's detention comes a month ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests. She was reported missing on April 24, with friends presuming government officials had detained her.