# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zhao-yan
# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:43:30.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zhao-yan"
name: "Zhao Yan"
slug: "zhao-yan"
description: "Zhao Yan is a Chinese researcher employed by the Beijing bureau of The New York Times. He was imprisoned for a three-year period starting 17 September 2004, on charges of fraud, after originally being arrested for revealing state secrets. According to the BBC, he was released on 15 September 2007."
tagline: "Chinese journalist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1962-03-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.675666666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zh%C3%A0o_Y%C3%A1n"
    title: "Zhào Yán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A)"
    title: "تشاو يان (صحفي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "تشاو يان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B5%B5%E5%B2%A9_(%E8%AE%B0%E8%80%85)"
    title: "赵岩 (记者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Yan_(journalist)"
    title: "Zhao Yan (journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Yan_(journaliste)"
    title: "Zhao Yan (journaliste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q198264"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump