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\nThe Time China Blog has posted a Wall Street Journal article about the detention of a prominent environmental activist:\n<\/p>\n

\nAn environmental activist famous for battling to clean up one of China’s most polluted lakes has been detained, his family and lawyers said. Wu Lihong<\/a>, 39 years old, was detained last week by police in his hometown of Zhoutie township in Yixing, in Jiangsu Province<\/p>\n

Mr. Wu, who grew up there along the banks of China’s third-largest lake, Tai Hu, has been fighting with local officials and factory owners to clean up the lake, into which he claims many factories are dumping untreated waste water. [Full text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Time China Blog has posted a Wall Street Journal article about the detention of a prominent environmental activist: An environmental activist famous for battling to clean up one of China’s most polluted lakes has been detained, his family and lawyers said. 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