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Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

Jiang Lijun

Chinese freelance writer (born 1965)

Jiang Lijun is a Chinese freelance writer. He has been detained by the Chinese government since November 2002 for posting articles on the Internet which the government considered subversive. He is a native of Tieling in Liaoning.
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Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party

2002 petition to the ruling party of China for political liberalisation

The Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was a petition from political activists in the People's Republic of China which urged the Chinese Communist Party to introduce political reforms.
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November 6

Day of the year

November 6 is the 310th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 55 days remain until the end of the year.
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