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China Desk is going to be a regular round-up of the voices and issues that may have been overlooked in the day-to-day reporting of Chinese affairs. In this first edition of China Desk: reporter John Sudworth speaks to Wang Qiaoling, wife of the human rights lawyer Li Heping, who was detained by the Chinese authorities in 2015. She alleges that her husband was severely tortured by the Chinese authorities during his detention. Recently Li Heping was given a suspended prison sentence, and returned home for the first time since his arrest. (Wang Qiaoling, the wife of detained lawyer Li Heping Credit: FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)