Chinese activist on trial as crackdown continues
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A Chinese activist known for pushing legal issues and backing a jailed Nobel Peace prize winner went on trial Friday on a charge of "creating a disturbance," as Beijing's sweeping crackdown on dissidents continues.
Wang Lihong, 56, was expected to plead not guilty to the vaguely worded charge that stems from her participation in a demonstration outside a court in Fuzhou city in southern China in April 2010. The gathering was in support of three bloggers accused of slander after they tried to help an illiterate woman pressure authorities to reinvestigate her daughter's death. (AP)
