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Transparency Calls Follow Taiwanese Activist’s Arrest

Ten weeks ago, Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che was detained while entering China from Macau, apparently in connection with intercepted WeChat messages about Taiwanese democracy and his distribution of political books from Taiwan. Facing silence from Chinese authorities, Lee’s wife Lee Ching-yu planned to travel to Beijing in search of information, but the trip was blocked and Lee was warned to stop her “oppositional activities” by an unofficial