{"id":42851,"date":"2014-10-13T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=42851 "},"modified":"2014-10-13T16:12:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T16:12:00","slug":"42851-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=42851","title":{"rendered":"China detains scholar, bans books in crackdown on moderate voices"},"content":{"rendered":"
BEIJING Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:46am EDT<\/div>
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 A handout photo shows Chen Guangfu (L), elder brother of blind activist Chen Guangcheng and father of Chen Kegui, posing with Guo Yushan (R), a Beijing-based researcher and rights activist, during a meeting in Nanjing, Jiangsu province September 11, 2011.<\/div>
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(Reuters) – China has detained a prominent scholar who helped blind dissident Chen Guangcheng flee to the United States two years ago and has banned books by eight writers in an escalating crackdown on dissent.<\/div>
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Guo Yushan, a founder of the Transition Institute, a think-tank that researches business regulations, reform and civil society, was detained on Thursday, his wife, Pan Haixia, said.<\/div>
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More than 10 police officers took him away along with his laptop, wireless router, mobile phone and iPad, she said.<\/div>
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Guo was instrumental in helping Chen escape house arrest in his village in 2012. Chen traveled to Beijing where he sought refuge at the U.S. embassy, sparking a diplomatic row between China and the United States. Authorities shut down Guo’s institute last year.<\/div>
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In a telephone interview, Pan said Guo’s detention could be related to the detention of Shi Lin.<\/div>
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Activists describe Shi as an art editor at Peking University and say she was detained after she tried to put up posters on campus expressing support for pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong. In a picture on her Twitter account, she can be seen wearing a face mask with a yellow ribbon on it. The ribbon is a symbol of the protests.<\/div>
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Guo was detained on a charge of “causing a disturbance”, according to Pan and his lawyer, Li Jin. Police did not give Pan a reason for Guo’s detention. Li said she had applied to meet him but had not heard whether she could.<\/div>
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“We just want to know the truth,” Pan said. “We hope the police will investigate this thoroughly and release him quickly.”<\/div>
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Police could not be reached for comment.<\/div>
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If charged and convicted, Guo could face up to five years in prison.<\/div>
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The government has convicted and detained several scholars in what activists say is a sustained campaign against dissent. A court in the western region of Xinjiang sentenced economics professor Ilham Tohti to life on separatism charges last month.<\/div>
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