Cao Peizhi is an activist and the founder of Warm House, a WeChat blog group discussing democracy issues in China. On July 3, 2022, he was detained on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” because his blog allegedly validated foreign propaganda and carried insulting remarks about party and state leaders. On July 21, 2023, after a year of extended detention, he was convicted by the Henan province Municipal Court and sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison. Cao Peizhi was reportedly released at the end of 2024.