Guo Guoting

{{Weiquan Lawyers}}

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Guo Guoting ({{zh|s=郭国汀}}), is a former Chinese lawyer,{{cite book |author=Rachel E. Stern |title=Environmental Litigation in China: A Study in Political Ambivalence |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T7PEnZrYC9gC&pg=PA276 |accessdate=14 March 2013 |date=31 March 2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-02002-3 |pages=276–}}

{{cite book |title="Walking on Thin Ice": Control, Intimidation, and Harassment of Lawyers in China |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XL0Mti96R3YC&pg=PA99 |accessdate=14 March 2013 |year=2008 |publisher=Human Rights Watch |pages=99– |id=GGKEY:A7A8N709UZT}}{{cite book |author=Ulric Killion |title=A Modern Chinese Journey to the West: Economic Globalization and Dualism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnBgrHhlFPgC&pg=PA100 |accessdate=14 March 2013 |date=2 May 2006 |publisher=Nova Publishers |isbn=978-1-59454-905-2 |pages=100–}}{{cite book |author=Jean-Philippe Beja |title=Liu Xiaobo, Charter 08 and the Challenges of Political Reform in China |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0g6SiADoG2sC&pg=PA133 |accessdate=14 March 2013 |year=2012 |publisher=Hong Kong University Press |isbn=978-988-220-879-7 |pages=133–}} and chief partner of the Shanghai Tian Yi Law Firm. He was one of few lawyers who would defend dissidents and Falun Gong practitioners. He represented the imprisoned lawyer Zheng Enchong and journalist Shi Tao.{{cite web|url=http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/guo-guoting/|title=Guo Guoting|publisher=China Digital Times (CDT)|accessdate=21 December 2010}} Because of these activities, the Shanghai authorities revoked his license to practice law.{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/en/node/62248/section/11|title=Walking on Thin Ice|date=April 28, 2008|publisher=Human Rights Watch|accessdate=21 December 2010}} A year after he lost his right to practice and also his freedom of movement, he left for Canada.