Rights experts say that crackdowns on activists and speech are typical in the lead-up to sensitive events in China, where the Communist Party keeps a tight lid on dissent.
Beijing As Winter Olympians vie for gold in Beijing, global attention has turned to events in the extensive Olympic"bubble" -- a zone sealing off visiting athletes, media and participants from the rest of the host city to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
But in a different part of Beijing, prominent human rights activist Hu Jia is again living in another kind of bubble: what he says is a house arrest imposed by authorities who want him out of public view during the Games.
Ai Weiwei: International Olympic Committee 'standing next to the authoritarians' 17:36Hu says he expects this period of house arrest could last through the country's annual legislative gathering next month. He says he'll spend the time reading. "It's so much better than my friends who are suffering in jail and prison.
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