Chinese activist told he could not visit dying wife is re-arrested

Yang Maodong held on suspicion of inciting subversion of state power' two days after death of his wife

A Chinese human rights activist and writer who was detained following repeated pleas to be allowed to visit his terminally ill wife has been formally arrested days after she died for allegedly inciting subversion of state power".

Yang Maodong, who goes by the pen-name Guo Feixiong, was formally arrested on Monday last week by the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau, two days after the death of his wife, Zhang Qing.