# ##dies in proceedings posted on live courthouse micro - blog , attracting more than 5000 followers . China hailed micro - blog as ` ` historic transparency '' but flow of information was selective . Analysts : ` ` Selective transparency '' was one - off gesture for high - profile show trial . Concurrently , the trial comes against a heightened crackdown on activism under President Xi Jinping -- with regular arrests of micro-blog users for `` rumor mongering '' and activists for `` assembling a crowd to disrupt order in a public place . '' Unintended effect is raised public expectations of a fair trial in China , analysts say .
# ##dies in proceedings posted on live courthouse micro - blog , attracting more than 5000 followers . China hailed micro - blog as ` ` historic transparency '' but flow of information was selective . Analysts : ` ` Selective transparency '' was one - off gesture for high - profile show trial . Unintended effect is raised public expectations of a fair trial in China , analysts say .