Chinese radio host and publisher Li Yanhe, who goes by the name Fucha, is serving a three-year prison sentence on charges of inciting separatism. National security officers in Shanghai arrested Li on March 21, 2023, and have held him incommunicado since then.
Prior to his arrest, Taiwan-based Li, founder of independent publishing house Gusa Press and a radio host for Taiwanese public broadcaster Radio Taiwan International, published books and discussed Chinese politics and current affairs for the two outlets.
In March 2023, national security officers arrested Li and held him in secret detention after he returned to China to visit relatives in Shanghai, according to news reports and a May 17 press conference by Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office, reviewed by CPJ.
Li was accused of inciting separatism, the Taiwan Affairs Office said in May 2023. The office added that Li was under investigation for “conducting activities endangering national security.”
Taiwan Affairs Office Spokesperson Chen Binhua told a press briefing in September 2024 Li was in “good health.”
In March 2025, Chen said that Li was convicted by a Shanghai court on February 17 of inciting separatism, sentenced to three years in prison, and fined 50,000 yuan (US$6,900). Chen added that Li pleaded guilty and did not appeal.
Authorities have not disclosed where Li is being held.
CPJ’s August 2025 email to China’s Foreign Ministry did not receive any reply.