Cao Haibo

Cao Haibo (* 1985 ) is a Chinese civil rights activist . He became famous for setting up an online forum calling for democracy and political reform in China. On November 1, 2012, Cao Haibo was sentenced to eight years in prison for "undermining state authority."

Web links

• "China internet cafe worker Cao Haibo jailed" , BBC News , 1 November 2012 found.
• “Before the CP party conference: Beijing sends web dissidents to prison” ( Memento from November 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Financial Times Germany , November 1, 2012.
• "Chinese man jailed for trying to form opposition party" , guardian.co.uk November 1, 2012th

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Cao is the family name here, Haibo is the first name.