Author and filmmaker Fu Zhibin is shown in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Independent Chinese PEN Center
Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi on Friday handed a one year and 10 month jail term to an outspoken author and Internet commentator on charges of “running an illegal business,” his lawyer said.
Fu Zhibin, 51, was handed the sentence by the Qingshanhu District People’s Court in the provincial capital Nanchang after he published a book about brainwashing that was Continue reading