A photo described as the trial showing human rights lawyer Xie Yang displayed on a computer in Beijing, China, May 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)BEIJING -- Before the Chinese human rights lawyer stood trial for subversion, he wrote a letter saying he would confess to such charges only if he was tortured. But Monday, the lawyer, Xie Yang, appeared at court a drastically altered man. “What was the training about?” a prosecutor asked Mr Xie, according to the online court transcript. “It gave me ideas like overturning the present system and realizing Western constitutional government in China”, Mr Xie said.

Source: Bangkok Post May 09, 2017 09:11 UTC