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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Gao Zhen is being retroactively punished for 15 year-old-works, in a case that has alarmed rights groups.
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