Artist Who Filmed Beijing Crackdown Is Reportedly Freed on Bail<br />Before he was detained Friday, Mr. Hua posted a series of short videos that he said were filmed in an apartment in Tianjin, a large city near Beijing.<br />The artist, Hua Yong, posted dozens of short videos in recent weeks recording how the authorities had<br />forced tens of thousands of people to leave Beijing and demolished vast swaths of neighborhoods.<br />In the videos recorded Friday, Mr. Hua repeated his desire to remain in China rather than<br />leave for someplace where he would be able to speak more freely about political issues.<br />Ji Feng, a friend, said Mr. Hua had been held on suspicion of "gathering the masses to disturb traffic order." He was released<br />on a form of bail known as "qubao houshen," which allows the police to continue investigating for up to a year.<br />18, 2017<br />An artist who was detained by the police after documenting mass expulsion of migrant<br />workers from the Chinese capital was released Monday on bail, a friend said.<br />"His detention makes him become like a symbol about how grass-roots people are treated by the<br />Chinese government." Mr. Hua has been incarcerated over speech issues in China before.
