The Congressional-Executive Commission on China describes him as a political prisoner. It is alleged that part of the evidence against him, namely his e-mail account and username, was provided by the Hong Kong subsidiary of the Internet company Yahoo! to the Chinese authorities.
According to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, he is viewed as a political captive. It is alleged that some of the evidence used against him, specifically his e-mail account and username, was supplied by Yahoo!'s Hong Kong subsidiary to the Chinese government.