A Chinese internet dissident who has been in detention since October has been formally arrested on charges of subversion. The official Xinhua news agency said Du Daobin had written 28 internet articles aimed at the overthrow of China’s socialist system. Du had also campaigned for another internet activist, Liu Di, who was eventually released. In recent months China has stepped up controls on internet use and access. “Du had overstepped his legal rights of criticising government work and government functionaries with good intentions and viciously incited subversion of state power through fabrications,” Xinhua quoted a police spokesman as saying. Full Story