Li Li, a Chinese girl student in France on suspicion of grabbing business secrets by French judicial authority, regained her freedom on June 20 after spending 53 days in Versailles prison for women in Paris. The noisy sensationalization of "industrial espionage committed by Chinese student" by local French media declared its own bankruptcy upon the release of Li Li.

22-year-old Li Li came to France from Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei province. In autumn of 2001, she was chosen by the student exchange programme launched by Université de Technologie de Compiègne and high schools in China, and later went to study in France. In February 2005, Li Li passed the interview with Valeo, an independent industrial group fully focused on the design, production and sale of components, systems and modules for cars and trucks, and started a six-month-long probationary period there.

On April 27 this year, French police imprisoned Li Li with the charges of "credit abuse" and "attack on computer information system".

Li Li was awfully excited after being released by French police and insisted on her innocence, a student rather than an industrial espionage. For her, the 53-day imprisonment was really harsh and unbearable.

By People's Daily Online