By CHRIS BUCKLEY NOV. 27, 2015
Yang Maodong, a veteran protester better known by his pen name, Guo Feixiong. Credit Zhang Qing
BEIJING — Yang Maodong, a hardened veteran of political protest in southern China, knew he had virtually no hope of winning his freedom on Friday when he was brought into a courtroom to face a judge’s verdict on charges that he had disturbed public order.
Chinese judges, after all, convict and imprison indicted dissidents with metronomic consistency, reflecting the ruling Communist Party’s control of the courts.
Still, Mr. Yang — a human rights campaigner better Continue reading