that means that today, of course it is a conviction for gao yu. she is on medical parole and that medical parole might not last. technically it's only until she recovers. so it's very hard for any prisoner in china, whoever they are, to get a fair case. it has slightly improved because of very bold lawyers, like her lawyers, who take enormous risks to defend cases and sometimes manage to get some sort of hearing, but very difficult for them to get acquittals. that would be very unusual.{enter} q. this is a case about the passing of a document isn't it but the implication is that this goes all the way back 26 years ago to the events on ti arranges nrngsam on square in which this woman was critical of government policy. it's a glimpse, didn't it into the works of the authorities in china and the lengths they're prepared to go >>> yes. it's her third time in prison. had 15 months in prison just after the 1989 events without a charge and then a six-year charge for supposedly leaking another document in 1995. so she would have altogether clocked up abo