Xu Zhiyong

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Xu, a noted essayist and public intellectual, had for decades advocated for good governance and citizen engagement through his writing. In February 2020, he was detained amid a crackdown on activists critical of Chinese government policies who had gathered in late December 2019. He was tried in secret in June 2022 and in April 2023 was sentenced to 14 years in prison on the charge of “subversion of state power.”