# Ching Cheong

> Ching Cheong is a Hong Kong journalist with The Straits Times. He is best known for having been interned by the People's Republic of China on allegations of spying for Taiwan. He was detained in April 2005 and spent over 1,000 days in prison; his sentencing in August 2006 was for five years' imprisonment, scheduled to end in August 2011, but he was released just before Chinese New Year in February 2008.

*Hong Kong journalist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ching-cheong

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** China
- **Born:** 1949-12-03
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 4.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [كينج تشيونج](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC)
- [Ching Cheong](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Cheong)
- [Ching Cheong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Cheong)
- [程翔](https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A8%8B%E7%BF%94)
- [程翔](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A8%8B%E7%BF%94)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361391)

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