Two Chinese lawyers have been punished by Chinese authorities—one lawyer barred from traveling abroad, one’s company facing dissolution—both have had their licenses revoked for crossing Beijing’s red line by representing politically sensitive high-profile cases. Chinese human rights lawyer Lu Siwei and Ren Quanniu represented two of the 12 Hong Kong youth, who were intercepted by the China Coast Guard while trying to flee to Taiwan by boat on Aug. 23, 2020. Ten of them will be jailed for seven months to three years. Lu’s legal license was formally revoked on Jan. 15 due to his “negative impacts on society.” “Maybe it’s inevitable,” Lu said in a public response. On March 28, Lu planned to take a 7 p.m. flight to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing to attend an interview for a visa application, before domestic security officers barred his way in Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan province, at around …