Chen Pinlin was initially charged in early 2024 for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” over the release of his documentary, Not the Foreign Force. Mr Pinlin was handed down the sentence ...

Chinese activist filmmaker Chen Pinlin has been sentenced to 3½ years in prison in Shanghai for producing a documentary about China's nationwide protests against COVID-19 lockdowns in late 2022.

A Shanghai court convicted Chen Pinlin, born in 1991, even though he had signed a plea bargain for a two-year sentence over “Urumqi Middle Road”, a video he made and posted on YouTube in 2023 ...

A judge sentenced Chen Pinlin, 33, to jail for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" in a closed-door trial on Monday, Daniel Fang, who handled Chen's case before leaving China last year ...

Chen Pinlin was sentenced by a Shanghai court on Monday following a three-hour trial behind closed doors, a person familiar with the case told CNN. The 33-year-old was convicted of “picking ...

A judge sentenced Chen Pinlin, 33, to jail for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” in a closed-door trial yesterday, Daniel Fang, who handled Chen’s case before leaving China last year ...

BEIJING – A Chinese director who made a film about the 2022 “white paper” demonstrations against China’s Covid-19 restrictions was sentenced to 3½ years in prison by a Shanghai court ...