He fled China's repression. But China's long arm got him in another country
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Lu’s wife and young daughter fled first, moving to the US. Nearly two years later, it was Lu’s turn
It is no coincidence that two days after Liu Xiaobo’s death, Xinhua published an article praising China’s “new achievements in judicial protection of human rights.” The judicial reforms the article mentions have not yet been fully implemented and are only inching along, while the Party-state continues vigorous use of the criminal process and extra-judicial measures to repress
Beijing has become more aggressive in its pursuit of dissidents overseas, as highlighted by the arrest of a Chinese rights lawyer in Laos.
Chinese authorities have aggressively expanded their net outside the country.