Wei Xiaobing, 42, was detained for two weeks, then harassed daily by police at work, and is now corralled with guards watching his every move – all because he shared some links online in support of the pro-democracy protests that have gripped Hong Kong for months.
“At the moment, I’m not allowed to go outside,” he secretly messaged the Telegraph while under house arrest and living in a hotel as a police officer sat across the room from him.
Mr Wei, along with other intellectuals, activists, even graphic designers, are facing greater repression than usual as Chinese authorities ramp up a crackdown ahead of October 1, when the country will celebrate 70 years of Communist Party rule. Officials…
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