{"id":171233,"date":"2014-04-09T09:10:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T16:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=171233"},"modified":"2014-04-09T09:10:18","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T16:10:18","slug":"sensitive-words-trials-new-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/04\/sensitive-words-trials-new-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensitive Words: Trials of New Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ding Jiaxi in detention. (Weibo\/ChinaChange<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n

Two months after New Citizens Movement founder Xu Zhiyong was sentenced to four years in prison for “gathering a crowd to disturb public order,” fellow lawyer and activist Ding Jiaxi faced the same charges in a Beijing court on Tuesday. Li Wei, who along with Ding participated in\u00a0a protest last year for government officials to disclosure their financial assets<\/a>, also went on trial Tuesday, while their colleague\u00a0Zhao Changqing goes to trial tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n

The New York Times covers the story in the context of Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign<\/a>, while ChinaChange translates a statement made by Ding from prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As of April 9, the following search terms are blocked on Sina\u00a0Weibo\u00a0(not including the \u201csearch for user\u201d function).<\/em><\/p>\n