China detains top Guangdong rights lawyer

HONG KONGAuthorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have detained prominent civil rights lawyer Guo Feixiong on suspicion of running an illegal business.

Guo, who is also known as Yang Maodong, was taken from his home at 9 a.m. Thursday by plainclothes officers and is being held at the Guangzhou No.1 Detention Center, his wife said Friday.

Yesterday morning as I was taking our son to kindergarten,