Sources in China told HRIC that Zhao Yan, a journalist with theBeijing-based magazine China Reform, has come under mounting pressure asa result of articles he wrote describing the plight of peasants at thehand of avaricious officials. Earlier this year he wrote about farmersdisplaced in the 1990s to make way for the Taolinkou reservoir on theQinglong River near the city of Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province. More than20,000 farmers claim that Tangshan municipal party secretary Zhang Hemisappropriated some 60 million yuan in funds meant to compensate themfor the loss of their homes and livelihoods. (boxun.com)