Veteran Chinese pro-democracy activist Mao Qingxiang was allegedly detained by police in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou after sharing a video of recently released dissident Xu Guang, whose emotional post-prison remarks included a call to “never forget June 4,” a reference to the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
The detention has renewed concerns among Chinese human rights advocates over the regime’s continued sensitivity surrounding pro-democracy activism and public discussion of the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement, even decades after the events of 1989.
On May 22, Huang Jizhou, a contributor to the U.S.-based Chinese-language magazine “The Opposition Party” and a member of its human rights monitoring team, posted an urgent appeal on X calling attention to Mao’s disappearance….
Chinese Activist Disappears After Sharing Video of Recently-Released Dissident
