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China: Blogger's Congressional support

Categories: East Asia, China, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, International Relations, Law

Illegally-detained Beijing or Bust [1] blogger Wu Hao is a legal permanent resident of the United States. Posted today on his sister Nina's website is a letter [2]sent by Wu's Congressman Jim Gerlach [3] to China's ambassador to the United States, Zhou Wenzhong. [4]

“I would greatly appreciate if you would inform me as to the reason(s) Mr. Wu is being detained and what your government's intentions are relative to a criminal prosecution or his release,” writes the Republican representative for Pennsylvania state's 6th district.