>I'm just pointing out that China has literally all the cards
>here, so the school/family/gov't lawyers need to give them
>whatever they want, because China has proven in the past
>they'll lock foreigners up to make an example-- and it's a
>pretty cut-and-dry case in this situation. It'll all depend on
>how lenient the folks in China choose to be-- so everyone
>needs to give them a reason to feel like being lenient.

Is the case really that “cut-and-dry” at this point? Do we even know what actually happened?