ap: China Continues Web Crackdown
The Chinese government has arrested the author of a number of online essays and articles, detaining him on subversion charges.
Chen Shaowen was detained in August in Lianyuan, a city in the central province of Hunan, after posting "a lot of reactionary articles and essays" online, said the official, contacted by telephone in Lianyuan. He wouldn't give his name. Chen was formally arrested this month, the official said. He wouldn't give any other details, and an official who answered the telephone at the Hunan provincial headquarters of the State Security Bureau refused to give any information. [...] The state newspaper Hunan Daily said Chen had written more than 70 articles and 40 essays since 2001 that were posted on "foreign reactionary" Chinese-language Web sites. [...] Subversion charges have been used against numerous Chinese dissidents. Activists convicted under the law have been sentenced to up to 13 years in prison. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said it has written to Jiang appealing for Chen's release. - AP, China Continues Web Crackdown