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Reinforcing its image as a human-rights-challenged state, China charged prominent dissident Wei Jingsheng with attempting to overthrow the government. Wei, who has enjoyed just six months of freedom since being arrested in 1979 for his leadership of the Democracy Wall movement, was rearrested in April 1994 and held without charge. He now faces a long prison term or possibly even execution...
Chinese officials have formally charged Wei Jingsheng, the country's most prominent dissident, with attempting to overthrow the government, according to a report from the state-run Xinhua news agency. Wei, who served 15 years in prison for his involvement in the 1978 "democracy wall" movement, disappeared under police custody 20 months ago after continuing to speak out against the government. "It is not immediately clear whether Wei's trial is already underway," reports Beijing bureau chief Jaime FlorCruz, "but sources here think that the Xinhua report signals that the stage is set. By formally indicting Wei, Beijing must...
...surprise to a ruling circle determined to hang on to power. For the past few months, the government has been dealing harshly with political critics, imprisoning leading domestic dissidents, preventing opposition groups from organizing, blacklisting overseas dissidents to bar their return. Last year long-term activist Wei Jingsheng was rearrested, and just last month nine democratic opponents were given substantial prison sentences for attempting to organize human-rights and labor groups two years...
...China relations threatened to worsen as China announced it was considering bringing new criminal charges against prominent dissident Wei Jingsheng, who was detained last week. Later another well-known dissident, Xu Wenli, was taken into custody by police...
...that the hammer of MFN, rather than beating China into submission on human rights (not likely in any case), could deal a serious blow to its movement toward democracy. That fact is hard to face in light of such events as the detention last week of dissident Wei Jingsheng, but it is nevertheless a fact. Like Vietnam, China is setting loose an economic system in which individual effort will yield individual rewards, and it is the commonest truth of Western development that such a system creates the best conditions for individual liberties. Given our heritage and beliefs, America is obliged...