A family visit to China back in August 2024 ended with a three-year prison sentence for a US-based Chinese artist. Gao Zhen, a member of the artistic duo the Gao brothers, was given the prison sentence over a satirical artwork involving statues of Mao Zedong.

Responding to news that Chinese artist Gao Zhen has been convicted of the offence of “slandering China’s heroes and martyrs” and sentenced to three years in prison, Amnesty…

A Chinese court has sentenced artist Gao Zhen to three years in prison for "infringing upon the reputation of heroes" through his satirical art.