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11 Years After China’s ‘709 Crackdown,’ Exiled Lawyer Reflects on Its Lasting Impact
In an exclusive interview with Vision Times, Wu reflected on the crackdown's lasting consequences, blazing his own path into rights advocacy, and the challenges facing lawyers both inside and outside China today
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· Jun 30, 2026
Self-exiled Chinese billionaire gets 30 years in US prison for fraud conviction
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Vision Times
· Jul 9, 2026
‘It Didn’t Just Target One Lawyer’: You Feiyu Reflects on China’s ‘709 Crackdown’
11 years after China's sweeping '709 Crackdown' targeted hundreds of human rights lawyers and legal advocates, exiled attorney You Feiyu reflects on the campaign's impact on families, the legal profession, and the continuing debate over the rule of law in China
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· Jun 30, 2026
Self-exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui jailed for 30 years in US for fraud conviction
A self-exiled billionaire Chinese business tycoon once believed to be among China’s wealthiest men was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in a US prison for a massive financial fraud that a federal judge said cost over 1,000 people worldwide hundreds of millions of dollars. Guo Wengui, who fled China a decade ago and reinvented himself as a US-based Communist Party critic, was sentenced in a Manhattan courtroom packed with his supporters by Judge Analisa Torres. She said he “preyed on those seeking...
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Related coverage for "11 Years After China’s ‘709 Crackdown,’ Exiled Lawyer Reflects on Its Lasting Impact": AllSides — Self-exiled Chinese billionaire gets 30 years in US prison for fraud conviction. Eye Radio — Former Chinese official sentenced to death in major corruption case.. Vision Times — ‘It Didn’t Just Target One Lawyer’: You Feiyu Reflects on China’s ‘709 Crackdown’. URL Media — China critic sentenced to 30 years in prison in $1B fraud scheme. BRICS News — JUST IN: 🇨🇳 China sentences former city official to death for taking $325,000,000 in bribes ov [...]. South China Morning Post — Self-exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui jailed for 30 years in US for fraud conviction