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Chinese government targets elites, intellectuals in recent free expression cases (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 10, 2019

Among those recently detained are lawyers, university professors, prominent scholars, and students from China's top universities.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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