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      China Detains Activists Calling for Greater Government Transparency

   Chinese authorities have detained an activist for "inciting subversion"
   after she led a campaign pushing for government officials to publicly
   disclose their wealth.
   A lawyer for Liu Ping says police in the southern province of Jiangxi
   detained the 48-year-old activist last month. There has not been any
   public statement on the subversion charges, an accusation often made
   against government critics.
   Separately, Beijing police have reportedly detained 10 other
   anti-corruption activists. A lawyer for some of those detained told the
   French news agency police charged the activists with "unlawful
   assembly" after they displayed a banner calling for greater government
   transparency.
   Rights groups say the detentions call into question the stated
   commitment of China`s new leader Xi Jinping to crack down on government
   corruption.
   Since taking power last year in a once-a-decade power transfer, the new
   Communist government led by Mr. Xi has vowed to address the widespread
   corruption, warning it could threaten the party`s grip on power.
   But the government has also cracked down on those who wish to expose
   corruption. It has also tightly censored online criticism of government
   corruption that it views as being too sensitive.
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