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China convicts 81-year-old writer who criticised propaganda chief

February 26, 2015Daily NewsBy wp-admin

A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced an 81-year-old writer to jail on a charge of illegal business after he criticised the ruling Communist Party’s propaganda chief in online essays, but the sentence was suspended, his lawyer said.

The conviction of Huang Zerong, who is better known by his pen name Tie Liu, is the latest example of a government campaign to tighten control over the media, political dissidents and the Internet.
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