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Poets, Peaceniks and Protesters: Meet China’s Leading Dissidents

As Xi Jinping, the man widely touted to be China's next President, embarks on a trip to the U.S., Beijing's desire for political stability remains paramount. The past year has seen numerous crackdowns on dissent and arrests of Chinese activists. Last week, Zhu Yufu, a poet, was sentenced to seven years for "inciting subversion to state power." Meet Zhu and some of the other artists, activists and lawyers caught up in China's latest crackdown.

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Shi Tao

By Feb. 10, 2012
Committee to Protect Journalists / AP

This is an undated photo, released Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005 by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), of Shi Tao, a freelance journalist for Internet publications and an editor for the Chinese business newspaper Dangdai Shang Bao. T

Occupation: Journalist
Status: Imprisoned

Shi Tao, a freelance writer and journalist, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for “illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities.”  In 2004, Shi leaked a document to foreign media using a Yahoo! account. The item summarized government orders to news organizations, including instructions to downplay the 15th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.  Reporters Without Borders blasted Yahoo! for releasing Shi’s information to the state.

—by Kate Springer

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