Tag: Hu Jia

Outspoken Singer Detained Over Explosion Remarks

AP reports that Wu Hongfei, singer for the Beijing-based rock outfit Happy Avenue (幸福大街), has been detained for comments that she posted on her Weibo account: Police have detained an activist singer who wrote that she wanted to blow up a government agency seen as inept, a friend said Wednesday. The singer’s supporters said she would never have carried out the threat and is being targeted for her critical views. Wu Hongfei was detained Monday by Beijing police

July 25, 2013 6:29 PM

China’s New Strategy in Prosecuting Critics

At China Real Time, Josh Chin reports a 40% drop in the use of state security charges like subversion and separatism since 2008, as authorities shift

March 13, 2014 9:19 PM

Activist Hu Jia Says He Faces Long Prison Term

Following two rounds of police questioning in the past month, rights activist Hu Jia says he believes the authorities are building a new case against

February 27, 2014 1:06 AM

A Song for Xia Junfeng’s Father

One month ago today, street peddler Xia Junfeng was executed for the murder of two chengguan in 2009. The chengguan accosted Xia, an unlicensed

October 24, 2013 12:00 AM

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