It is likely going to be Ping Fu's defense on her infanticide story. even though the timeline doesn't work:
PF graduated from College summer of 82
she was kidnapped and put in jail for 3 days BEFORE her graduation. so the NYT article is 1 year too late.

I don't know what's the logic on "huge speech made by the Chinese Prime Minister on November 30, 1982, to the National People' Congress denouncing female infanticide," if there is a huge speech about it, it only would mean her thesis is on the WINNING side of the party, why would she be imprisoned then?

http://www.amazon.com/review/R1HHQCVMUVEU4J/ref=cm_cr_rev_detmd_pl?ie=UTF8&asin=1591845521&cdForum=Fx2TXSPFITFPBM0&cdMsgID=Mx3B4KEXL7QM6V6&cdMsgNo=50&cdPage=5&cdSort=oldest&cdThread=Tx32WX3CO507SIA&store=books#Mx3B4KEXL7QM6V6