December 30, 1990
excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times"
excerpt from "The Baltimore Sun" (Baltimore, Maryland)
December 30, 2020
excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com)
A Shenzhen court jailed eight defendants guilty of illegal border crossing for seven months, while the two organisers of the crime will stay behind bars for up to three years. Opposition activists say the sentences are excessive, while pro-establishment figures call the terms appropriate.