This archive accompanies the canonical profile of Zan Aizong (昝爱宗). It preserves selected reporting and documentary sources on his journalism, writing, restrictions on movement, detention and imprisonment.
Selected documentary record
- 2006 — Committee to Protect Journalists: CPJ reported that Zan received seven days of administrative detention after writing about clashes involving Christians protesting demolition of a church. Archived CPJ record.
- 2006 — Intellectual appeal: Zan appeared among the journalist and writer signatories of the appeal protesting the shutdown of Century China. New York Review of Books.
- 2008 — Charter 08: the RSF-hosted copy of Charter 08 lists “Zan Aizong (Zhejiang, Journalist)” among the signatories. Document.
- March 19, 2009 — Radio Free Asia: RFA reported that authorities prevented Zan from boarding a flight to Hong Kong for a writers’ conference. Report.
- November 9, 2009 — Radio Free Asia: Zan discussed restrictions on press freedom in mainland China during National Journalist Day. Report.
- April 2, 2024 — ChinaAid: report on police pressure concerning a sermon-related mobile application and background on repeated surveillance. Report.
- February 19, 2026 — Radio Free Asia: report on the sentencing of Zan Aizong and Zou Wei following their July 2024 Liu Xiaobo memorial. RFA reported a three-year sentence for Zan. Report.
- 2026 — PEN America: writer-at-risk record lists Zan as an activist, journalist and literary writer, with an active case and imprisoned status. Case record.
- August 2026 — Rights Defense Network reporting: reporting republished by China Truth states that Zan was transferred to Hangzhou Dongjiao Prison on May 14, 2026 and gives July 19, 2027 as the projected end of his sentence. These are dated, source-attributed custody details rather than independently inferred current facts.
Editorial note
This archive separates documented events from allegations and advocacy positions. Custody and prison information is dated to its cited source because such information can change.
Related: Zan Aizong — canonical Person Profile.