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Critic of Chinese President Xi Jinping, fellow activist set to face stiffer charge, sources say
A Chinese former human rights lawyer and an outspoken critic of Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to stand trial soon on the elevated charge of “subversion of state power” after being accused of a lesser offence six months ago, legal sources said.Activists Ding Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong are being held at a detention centre in Linshu, a small county in east China’s Shandong province, according to Ding’s wife, Luo Shengchun, who lives in the United States.Three lawyers hired by Luo and Xu’s…