Bai Jiemin poses for a photo with a New York police officer outside the United Nations headquarters in 2017. Photo: Handout
Bai Jiemin poses for a photo with a New York police officer outside the United Nations headquarters in 2017. Photo: Handout
China /  Diplomacy

Free from Chinese repression, desperate dissidents in US cling to tradition of petitioning to air grievances

  • An attempt to win the attention of Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He in Washington last month puts a protester in legal jeopardy
  • Despite slim chances of success, two petitioners who have fled China go to great lengths to make their voices heard

Owen Churchill
Owen Churchill

Updated: 5:58pm, 15 Feb, 2019

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Bai Jiemin poses for a photo with a New York police officer outside the United Nations headquarters in 2017. Photo: Handout
Bai Jiemin poses for a photo with a New York police officer outside the United Nations headquarters in 2017. Photo: Handout
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