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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.

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