Tan became a public hero after he referred to a popular Chinese medicinal tonic as a "poison" in his blog, and was then arrested by police from Liangcheng for damaging the reputation of Hongmao Pharmaceutical Company, which produces the tonic.
This tale, of a state imprisoning one of its citizens over what should be a civil matter at most, sounds familiar...
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