Guo Feixiong / 郭飞雄 (Yang Maodong / 杨茂东) — Media Profile & Archive
This archive preserves reporting and documentation concerning Guo Feixiong, the pen name of Yang Maodong. See the canonical Person profile.
Case chronology
- 2007 — CHRD. Reports the Tianhe District Court’s five-year sentence and 40,000-yuan fine for “operating an illegal business.” Source.
- 2013 — U.S. House hearing. A congressional hearing on Guo Feixiong and freedom of expression included testimony from his wife Zhang Qing and daughter Yang Tianjiao. Source.
- 2013–2019 — CHRD and HRIC. Document the 2013 detention, 2014 trial, 2015 six-year sentence, lawyer and family allegations of mistreatment, transfer to Yangchun Prison and August 2019 release. CHRD · HRIC.
- 2021–2023 — ChinaAid, RSF/IFEX and CHRD. Report that Guo was stopped from leaving China to visit his terminally ill wife, detained in December 2021, formally arrested in January 2022, and sentenced by the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court on May 11, 2023 to eight years for “inciting subversion of state power.” ChinaAid · RSF/IFEX.
Evidence notes
Sources differ on one CHRD trial-date field; multiple 2023 reports support May 11, 2023. A ChinaAid article contains an apparent 2011/2021 typo for Guo’s open letter; the chronology supports 2021. Allegations of torture and ill-treatment remain attributed to family, lawyers and monitoring organizations. No PRC-published 2023 verdict text was located.
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