PEN America: Detention of Chinese Scholar Is Attempt to Silence Dissent
July 08, 2020
July 08, 2020
NEW YORK, July 8 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
Chinese police detained scholar Xu Zhangrun this week on trumped-up accusations. PEN America today said his detention demonstrates the increasingly limitless power of President Xi Jinping to punish his critics and silence any whispers of dissent.
According to friends of Xu, at least 20 people arrived early Monday to arrest Xu and seize his personal belongings, taking his computer and papers with them. Th . . .
Chinese police detained scholar Xu Zhangrun this week on trumped-up accusations. PEN America today said his detention demonstrates the increasingly limitless power of President Xi Jinping to punish his critics and silence any whispers of dissent.
According to friends of Xu, at least 20 people arrived early Monday to arrest Xu and seize his personal belongings, taking his computer and papers with them. Th . . .