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Supporters Demand Wang Gongquan’s Release

South China Morning Post’s Amy Li reports online protest against the detention of billionaire civil society activist Wang Gongquan, part of a “Black Friday” of activists’ detention and arrest: In a statement published on early Saturday morning, hundreds supporters of China’s New Citizen Movement called on the Chinese government to release prominent venture capitalist Wang Gongquan, following his detention on Friday they described as “barbaric”

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