Dissident student jailed for 12 years in China

A Chinese dissident has been jailed for 12 years for organising anti-Japanese protests on the mainland, it was reported today.

Sun, 25 Dec, 2005 - 16:34

A Chinese dissident has been jailed for 12 years for organising anti-Japanese protests on the mainland, it was reported today.

Xu Wanping, 44, was sentenced by a court in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing on Friday after being convicted of subversion charges, Hong Kong’s Commercial Radio said.

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