Home > Chen Shuqing Chen Shuqing Dissident writer and leading member of the Zhejiang Branch of the banned China Democracy Party (CDP), arrested September 14, 2006, and charged with “inciting subversion of state power.” Chen’s case has twice been handed back to the police for lack of evidence, but on August 14, 2007, he was sentenced to four years in prison and one year’s deprivation of political rights. His appeal was rejected without trial by the Zhejiang High People's Court on October 29, 2007. Chen was released from Qiaosi Prison in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, on September 13, 2010, upon completion of his sentence.       >> Write a letter to the Chinese government >> Write a letter to President Bush >> Write a letter to your members of Congress >> Write a letter on behalf of Chen Shuqing, Lu Gengsong, and Wu Yilong   NEWS June 19, 2008: 50 Days Before Olympics, PEN Urges U.S. Action for Writers Jailed in China   Home | Site Map | Copyright / Privacy Policy | Contact Us © 2004-2012 PEN American Center. All rights reserved.