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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

China sentences Taiwan-based editor to three years in jail for ‘inciting separatism’

A Chinese paramilitary police officer stands guard at Tiananmen Square - (AFP via Getty Images)

A court in China has sentenced the editor-in-chief of a Taiwanese publishing house to three years in prison for "inciting separatism", the Chinese government has revealed.

Li Yanhe, a Chinese citizen who was reportedly living in Taiwan, went missing after returning home to visit relatives in Shanghai in March 2023.

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