Jude Shao

Jude Shao (1963? -) is an American businessman imprisoned in China's Qing Pu Prison based on tax fraud charges since 1998. It is alleged that he was imprisoned after refusing to pay a bribe to a Chinese official for his business, China Business Ventures.

The Stanford Daily quoted Shao as saying “I had set up the company’s policy not to bribe any government officials in China. I am a Stanford MBA. I wasn’t interested in unethical business practice.” [ [http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2003/5/6/gsbGradHeldInChineseJail GSB grad held in Chinese jail - The Stanford Daily Online ] ]

Biography

Shao graduated the Stanford Graduate School of Business with an MBA in 1993 [ [http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/NEWS/bmag/sbsm0308/feature_shao.shtml Stanford Business Magazine August 2003 ] ] . After business school, he founded China Business Ventures (CBV), a company that exported American medical equipment to China. By 1997, the CBV had offices in San Francisco and Shanghai.

In 1997, Shao, previousy a U.S. permanent resident, became a naturalized U.S. citizen [ [http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2003/marapr/farmreport/redallover.html Stanford Magazine > March/April 2003 > Red All Over ] ] .

Despite being an American citizen, Shao was detained in Shanghai in April 1998 and held incommunicado for 26 months, despite the guarantees to consular access provided by the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. He was convicted in March, 2000 and given a 16-year prison sentence.

Shao's case has received increased attention, partially due to the efforts of some of his fellow business school alumnis who have initiated letter-writing campaigns and tried to raise public awareness.

External link

* [http://www.freejudeshao.com/ Free Jude Shao web site]

References

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NAME = Shao, Jude
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Imprisoned Stanford Business School graduate
DATE OF BIRTH = 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH = Shanghai
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