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Zhang and two other democracy activists, US-based dissident Wang Bingzhang and French resident Yue Wu, were reported missing along Vietnam's northern border with China on June 26.
Only months later, and following repeated appeals by overseas rights groups, were they found to be in Chinese police custody.
Zhang's release came the day after Wang, 55, lost an appeal in a south Chinese court against a life sentence imposed for espionage and terrorism.
He was found guilty of providing intelligence to Taiwan between 1982 and 1990 and obtaining "secret military material illegally" in exchange for money.
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Yue, the third member of the group that went missing in June, was earlier cleared of all charges and released.
Zhang was not let go at the same time as Yue, because of her knowledge about the circumstances under which the three disappeared on the China-Vietnam border in June, said Lian.
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