Pu Zhiqiang

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, at left, poses outside his studio for a photograph with his lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang, in July 2012.

Why the world's elite are afraid to call out China on its human rights record

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China is sending a chilling message to citizens who might dare to question government policies with the prosecution of a well-known human rights lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang. But just try mentioning his name in a place like Davos.

Why the world's elite are afraid to call out China on its human rights record
Chinese lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (right) speaks to journalists outside a Chinese courthouse on December 28, 2012. China has detained Pu, a prominent human rights lawyer, after he attended a meeting that urged a probe into the bloody suppression of pro-democracy

This is a 25th anniversary China's leaders want to forget

This is a 25th anniversary China's leaders want to forget