Li Rui
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Li Rui was a Chinese politician, historian and dissident Chinese Communist Party (CCP) member.
Throughout the 1980s, Li opposed the construction of the Three Gorges Dam (pictured in 2006)
Li during hospitalisation in April 2018
Qincheng Prison
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The Ministry of Public Security Qincheng Prison is a maximum-security prison located in Qincheng Village, Xingshou, Changping District, Beijing in the People's Republic of China. The prison was built in 1958 with aid from the Soviet Union and is the only prison belonging to China's Ministry of Public Security. The Ministry of Justice operates other non-military prisons.
Entrance of Qincheng Prison in March 2022
Bao Tong was the highest government official to be imprisoned after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. He spent 7 years in Qincheng Prison, and lived under tight surveillance for the rest of his life while continuing to be an outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party.