article_snippet: Su Changlan was detained by police in October 2014.
article_snippet: Su Changlan apparent "crime" was to have posted comments online in support of Hong Kong pro-democracy protests.
article_snippet: Su Changlan faces charges of "inciting subversion of state power," and a potential sentence of life imprisonment.
article_snippet: Liu Ping, a 45-year-old mother and grassroots activist, languishes in jail right now.
article_snippet: Last June, Su Changlan was sentenced to six years in prison on the charge of "picking quarrels and provoking troubles" for publicly calling on the Chinese government to step up the fight against corruption.
article_snippet: Liu Ping's online posts of photos of Su Changlan holding banners calling for transparency, and transcripts of Skype chats with foreign media, were used to condemn Su Changlan at Su Changlan trial.
article_snippet: The paradox is that President Xi has made great mileage out of President Xi own anti-corruption drive.
article_snippet: The persecution of Liu Ping, and many others that raise these issues only underlines the hypocrisy of the current leadership.