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<\/a><\/p>\nPeter Ford\/The Christian Science MonitorView Caption<\/p>\n
PICUN, CHINA \u2014 When she got off school last Thursday, Huang Qiufeng, the high spirited 12-year old daughter of migrant workers, dropped by the local library in this scruffy village on the outskirts of Beijing, as she does from time to time.<\/p>\n
She found it closed, replaced by a convenience store. The brightly painted letters on the wall spelling out \u201cBOOK\u201d were obscured by shelves full of instant noodles.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people here were very nice and I really liked the library,\u201d Qiufeng said. \u201cBut now it\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nAnd so had ten other children\u2019s libraries across China run by Li Ren, an educational charity. The libraries are among the victims of a sweeping orthodoxy laid down by President Xi Jinping, who continues to consolidate his power. While crackdowns on budding expression here come and go, the new variant is spreading its net more widely, ensnaring even prominent moderate voices.
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\nIn recent weeks and months, scholars have seen their books banned after they voiced sympathy for pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong; artists with independent ideas have been silenced; lawyers representing political prisoners have been locked up; and human rights campaigners and civil society activists have been detained by the hundreds.
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