Mo Shaoping (

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

: 莫少平), is a Chinese lawyer who represented the imprisoned journalist Shi Tao, after the lawyer Guo Guoting. He also was a defense lawyer on the case of

Liu Xiaobo Liu Xiaobo (; 28 December 1955 – 13 July 2017) was a Chinese writer, literary critic, human rights activist, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end communist one-par ...

. The founder of Beijing Mo Shaoping Law Firm, Mo Shaoping is also a member of the Human Rights and Constitutional Law Committee of the

All China Lawyers Association All China Lawyers Association (ACLA, Chinese: ; Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Quánguó Lǜshī Xiéhuì) is the official professional association for lawyers (the bar association in American terminology or law society in Commonwealth terminology) of the ...

. Specialized in criminal law, he and his cohort are known internationally for many politically sensitive cases, including that of

. He represents Liu Xiaobing's wife, Liu Xia, who has been held under house arrest with no access to Internet and nearly no visitors.

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