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the Constitution that accorded the right to post up dazibao, orbig character poster, was abrogated.Also during the year, most of the surviving unofficial or'underground' magazines were suppressed, although Todaystruggled on a little longer. The tone hardened in 1981 withdemocracy activists being described as “dissidents” and even assupporters of the Gang of Four. In April the last of the Minkan民 刊 Zeren ( 责 任 ) ceased publication, after joint CCP CentralCommittee and State Council directives were issued on 20thFebruary 1981 calling for the closure of « illegal » magazinesand organizations. A number of editors and activists were thenarrested and incarcerated; these included Fu Shanqi 傅 申 奇 , 1charged with counter-revolutionary incitement, and Wang Xizhe王 希 哲 charged with counter-revolutionary assembly . 2 TheToday editors escaped this fate since theirs was a more ‘misty’less directly political publication. The question of ‘underground’地 下 and non-official 不 管 方 literary and political activity hadtherefore been settled. The message was a short andstraightforward one. No such ‘fringe’ activities would betolerated. The authorities then turned their attention to theofficial cultural sphere.In late April just within the South Gate of Peking University1Fu Shenqi arrested: 1981 年 4 月 , charged with 反 革 命 煽 动 罪 ; 1991 年 5 月 ;1993 年 6 月 . 三 度 入 狱 , 判 劳 改 劳 教 共11 年 9 个 月 . 1996 年 来 美 国 , 现 居 纽 . http://www.laogai.org/dissent/show.php?code=2306&n=fu2Wang Xizhe was arrested three times, in 1968 年 1977 年 1981 年 . Charges: 因 反 对 林 彪 , 反 革 命 宣 传 煽 动 罪 ,反 革 命 集 团 罪 . 三 次 入 狱 , 判 有 期 徒 刑 14 年 , 共 在 狱 中 15 年 。1996 年 经 香 港 流 亡 美 国 。http://www.laogai.org/dissent/show.php?code=3278&n=3