Epoch Times
By Li Jingyi

After 3 years in prison, Chinese poet, freelance writer, and activist, Li Hong, is in a critical condition. His wife and friends are calling for help from the international community.

Li Hong (original name Zhang Jianhong) from Hangzhou City in China’s Zhejiang Province was released on bail for medical treatment on June 5. He was directly transferred to the Ningbo Number Two People’s Hospital and admitted to its intensive care unit.
Poet persecuted in prison

Li was the founding editor of the popular Zhejiang news and literary website Aegean Sea. On March 19, 2007, he was sentenced to six years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power” for articles he wrote criticizing the regime’s human rights record in advance of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.     more …