Before the internet, it is hard to imagine the debate that raged around the hapless Ms Zhang.

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Ms Zhang added that the trial had not been held in open and told the Associated Press that she was urging him to appeal.

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Finally, the Beijing News tells of how Ms Zhang in Beijing was ridiculed after her fake pregnancy belly slid off while trying to squeeze onto a bus.

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Ms. Zhang said Ms. Lu hit the books hard, sometimes turning down offers to chat because she had homework to finish.

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"Jingjing is ordinary girl from an ordinary family, she has her simple happiness and simple ideals, " Ms. Zhang said.

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Ms. Zhang, , a one-time sweatshop worker who has since become a billionaire by building some of the most striking structures in China, is committing hundreds of millions of dollars to construction in Beijing and Shanghai.

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Mr. Zhang, Ms. Wu's attorney, contended that she borrowed the money from investor friends and not the general public.

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"This is what we've been hoping for, " said Zhang Yanfeng, Ms. Wu's attorney.

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Mr. Zhang said he hadn't been allowed to see Ms. Feng in the hospital and was unable to reach her or her husband by phone on Friday.

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Mr. Zhang's lighter sentence was also expected because prosecutors said he was an accomplice, and Ms. Gu the main culprit, according observers during the trial.

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