A ‘Separatism’ Charge Sparked by a Photograph: the Story of Zhang Yi and His Son From 1989 to Today

Wuhan activist Zhang Yi has been charged with “inciting separatism” after showing a photograph of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa. For his son, Zhang Hongyuan, who lives in the Netherlands, this was not an unforeseen tragedy, but a day he had spent three years preparing for—and dreading.