Xu Zhiyong, a law lecturer who won a seat in 2003, says he advised fellow independents to avoid the media for fear of provoking party conservatives into blocking their election bids.

• 许志永，在2003年赢得一个席位的法学讲师，建议其他独立候选人避开媒体，因为担心激怒政党里的保守派去阻碍他们当选。