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2021/01/09 17:10 Zhang Jialong (Twitter photo) Zhang Jialong (Twitter photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Amid the flurry of arrests and convictions of journalists in China, former Caijing magazine and Tencent Finance reporter Zhang Jialong (張賈龍) has been sentenced to one and a half years for disturbing the peace after being in police custody more than 17 months. Since 2011, Zhang has been targeted by Chinese law enforcement for comments he made on Twitter that criticized the authorities and advocated for human rights. He was seen as a dangerous figure who disrupts public order in the capital and detained by the Beijing police for his reports about food safety and Chinese dissidents, according to Weiquan Wang (維權網), a Chinese human rights-related blog.