Three Chinese Labor Activists who had worked to ‘organize and protect workers’ were sentenced to prison time with suspension. One organizer, Zang Feiyang, was given three years of jail time with four years’ suspension, and the other two only one and a half years of jail time with a two-year suspension. If the three individuals break the law during the periods of their suspensions, they will serve the prison time. The activists had each significantly contributed to a movement for higher wages and benefits. In the past, labor organizing was tolerated by the Chinese government. Now, however, with the economy slowing down and labor being outsourced to Vietnam, the government is becoming stricter.
See "3 Labor Activists in China get Suspended Prison Terms", Michael Forsythe, The New York Times, September 27, 2016