Word: qincheng
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...guarantees of free speech too literally. First to enter the dock was former Red Guard Wei Jingsheng, 29, who last year tacked up a famous wall poster calling for "the fifth modernization - democracy." As editor of Tansuo, he published an article detailing the harsh treatment of political detainees at Qincheng prison, outside Peking. After a 5½-hr. trial, Wei was sentenced to 15 years in prison for "counter revolutionary agitation" and divulging "military secrets" to foreigners...
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