Bloomberg: > ... trips they were about to take to China when they were arrested were planned for the purpose of visiting relatives, not escaping prosecution.

Bloomberg: > ... trips they were about to take to China when they were arrested were planned for the purpose of visiting relatives, not escaping prosecution. So, they were vulnerable to overwhelming coercion. What would you or I do if a man stopped us on the street, said he worked for "state security", that our parents were well and enjoying their pension in <small city>, and everyone hopes they will remain so, but that the motherland needed one little patriotic task from us just now?