beijing unite state germany call china immediately release prominent human right activist jail eight years tuesday subversion harsh sentence pass recent crackdown activism wu gin blogger good know online name super vulgar butch regularly champion sensitive case government abuse power online street protest detain may 2015 charge subversion separate case also tuesday right lawyer xie yang avoid criminal punishment despite find guilty incite subversion admit crimes call chinese authorities release wu immediately u.s. germany embassies china say joint statement xie exempt punishment urge china allow xie resume professional activities without precondition free restrictions china foreign ministry immediately respond request comment beijing frequently denounce foreign concern right case interference internal affairs say china country rule law wu statement release lawyers late tuesday say consider sentence honor prove become slave accomplice china autocracy get eight years feel grief despair choice oppose autocracy mean already road jail wu say statement call international community pay attention china deteriorate human right situation add wu sentence severe right group call unprecedented attack right activists lawyers know 709 crackdown begin full force july 2015. hardline approach show sign soften president xi jinping enter second five-year term office draw widespread concern western capitals germany particularly outspoken china irritation speak daily news brief wednesday foreign ministry spokeswoman hua chunying express displeasure comment last week german ambassador china failure set previously agree upon cyber consultation mechanism china fact invite germany send representatives talk germans keep put china hua tell reporters china hop ambassador stop say irresponsible remark add u.s. germany urge china release jail activist