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Visiting Zeng Jinyan: The Movie

Hu Jia, the activist about whom we have written often, stood trial in Beijing's Intermediate Court No. 1 last week on subversion charges. His conviction and sentence (a not guilty judgment is about as likely as Steven Spielberg getting an engraved invitation to the Olympics Opening Ceremony) is expected any time now. About a week earlier, my colleague Austin Ramzy and I tried to visit his wife, Zeng Jinyan, who is under house arrest. Here's a video of what happened:

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