Wu Xiaobo: A Brief History of China’s “Illegal Fundraising Cases”*

• Author: China Law Digest compiled news from Wu Xiaobo’s Sina blog

In the 1986 Wenzhou “Fundraising Unions” Incident, Zheng Yuefen was sentenced to death, and the sentence was carried out 5 years later. In the 1993 illegal fundraising case involving Shen Taifu of the Great Wall Company, Shen was sentenced to death. In 1995, the illegal fundraising case involving Deng Bin of Jiangsu Province ended with a death sentence. In 2003, the illegal fundraiser Sun Dawu was sentenced to three years imprisonment, with a four-year probation period. In January 2009, the illegal fundraising and fraud case involving Du Limin of Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, Du was sentenced to death. In...