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Exiled Chinese lawyer grieves loss of civil society decade after crackdown / 669D4CQ
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Ten years ago in China, human rights lawyer Li Fangping was one of the hundreds of lawyers and rights activists rounded up under a sweeping mass arrest campaign often referred to as the "709 crackdown".
Beijing has intensified its hold on civil society since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012, tightening its grip on freedom of speech and stamping all forms of dissent. SOUNDBITES