After nearly 18 years of incarceration, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="China">China</a> releases <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Jingsheng" id="mwASE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wei Jingsheng">Wei Jingsheng</a>, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.