Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Li Hai
Kind of strange that you say "google news search returns nothing". First result when clicking "news" above is a http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/30409030.html?dids=30409030:30409030&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+23%2C+1998&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=The+Case+of+Li+Hai&pqatl=google 1998 title story on Li Hai by the ''Washington Post''. The next one is a http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/1999/may/31/features11.g2 1999 story on Chinese dissidents by ''The Guardian'', mentioning Li Hai prominently. And these aren't the only articles covering his story. In my opinion, he passes 
— User:Bender235, 10:42, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ANYBIO (Wikipedia:Notability)