Cao Haibo
Cao Haibo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1985 (age 38–39) |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Occupation | Small business owner |
| Known for | Pro-democracy activism |
| Spouse | Zhang Yan |
Cao Haibo is a Chinese dissident sentenced to eight years in prison for attempting to found an opposition political party in the People's Republic of China, named the China Republican Party. A court in the Chinese city of Kunming sentenced him to eight years in prison for "subversion of state power" in trying to form a party and for online messages criticising the ruling Chinese Communist party. His lawyer, Ma Xiaopeng, said that Cao had called for democracy and had tried to form a party called the China Republican party.