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China Holds Writer, Publisher Over Dissent, ‘Forbidden Books’

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Sichuan author Tie Liu in an undated photo. File photo

Authorities in China’s southwestern provinces of Sichuan and Guangxi have detained a writer and a publisher who published politically ‘sensitive’ material, as the ruling Chinese Communist Party continues its campaign against any form of political dissent. Continue reading

Prominent Chinese Writer Taken by Police ‘for Tea’

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Huang Zerong, better known by his pen name Tie Liu, is seen in a photo from social media.

A prominent Chinese writer living under police surveillance in China’s southwestern city of Chengdu has been missing for nearly a week, according to friends and relatives. Continue reading

175. HUANG ZERONG (released)

Tie LiuPen name                 Tie Liu

Sex                               Male

Birth date                1933-05-29

Birth place               Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Resident place        Beijing Continue reading

China detains writer Tie Liu for ‘provoking trouble’

PLA soldiers stand guard at a metro station as visitors arrive at the site of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai on 20 April 2010.Chinese authorities said they detained Mr Huang for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”

Chinese writer Huang Zerong, also known as Tie Liu, has been detained by police allegedly for writing articles critical of a senior official.

Police arrested Mr Huang, 81, at his Beijing home early on Sunday morning.

Mr Huang’s wife was later told he had been detained for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”.

She said he had written online articles which criticised Communist Party propaganda chief Liu Yunshan for restrictions of press freedom.

She told the Associated Press that her husband’s medical carer had also been detained on the same charge, with no reason given as to why.

The South China Morning Post reported that Mr Huang served 23 years in prison when he was in his twenties for being a “rightist” during Mao Zedong’s crackdown on liberals.

The Communist Party eventually cleared his name in 1980.

Picture of Yang Maodong, also known as Guo Feixiong, presented at a hearing of a House Foreign Affairs Committee subcommittee in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2013.Activist Yang Maodong, also known as Guo Feixiong, is currently detained for allegedly disturbing public order
In this 7 April 2010 file photo, Gao Zhisheng, a human rights lawyer, gestures during an interview at a tea house in Beijing, China.Human rights lawyer and dissident Gao Zhisheng allegedly suffered abuse while in jail

Widespread crackdown

Mr Huang’s arrest comes a week after a court in Guangzhou postponed the trial of prominent human rights activist Yang Maodong after he instructed his lawyers to boycott proceedings.

Mr Yang, who is also known by his pen-name Guo Feixiang, has claimed that the trial is illegal and improper. He is accused of disturbing public order.

Chinese authorities have mounted a widespread crackdown on dissenters in recent years.

Dozens of activists and government critics are said to have been targeted, with many detained, and some prosecuted on broad public order charges.

Last month, well-known Chinese dissident Gao Zhisheng was released having allegedly suffering physical and psychological abuse in jail.

BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29204874