(Selected from the translated work titled The Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, authored by Robert Zhang and Steve Li, criminal defense lawyers registered in Shanghai, China.)
Article 103 [Secession and Sedition] A defendant who acts as a ringleader or commits serious crimes in organizing, plotting, and implementing criminal activities with the intent to split the State or undermine her unity shall be imprisoned for life or not less than ten years, a defendant who actively participates in such activities shall be imprisoned for not less than three years but not more than ten years, and any other participant shall be sentenced to imprisonment of not more than three years, custody, supervised release, or deprivation of political rights.
A defendant who incites others to split the State or undermine her unity shall be sentenced to imprisonment of not more than five years, custody, supervised release, or deprivation of political rights, and any ringleader or any other defendant who commits serious offences in such activities shall be imprisoned for not less than ten years.
