Art on trial - a sculptor's arrest highlights new extremes for censorship in China
Gao Zhen is being retroactively punished for 15 year-old-works, in a case that has alarmed rights groups.
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"Even if a work was made 15 years ago, it can still be turned into a crime if today's political climate changes."
— Gao Qiang , Other
"In the half-century since the Cultural Revolution ended in 1976, this is the most prolonged crackdown that we've seen – far eclipsing the period after the Tiananmen massacre in 1989."
— Ian Johnson , Journalist
Key People
Gao Zhen's brother, who has commented on the implications of his trial.
A Chinese artist known for his satirical sculptures of Mao Zedong.
Ian Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has reported extensively on China's freedom of expression.
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Gao Zhen is being retroactively punished for 15 year-old-works, in a case that has alarmed rights groups.
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