Chinese academic among others snared as slide deeper into dictatorship underway in crackdown

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China sets dissident trial date as EU envoy criticises record

AFP – China will next week hold the trial of Xu Zhiyong, a long-time campaigner for legal-reform, prosecuted as part of what is seen as a government-led crackdown on dissent, his lawyer said on Friday. The announcement came as the European Union’s outgoing change.