Ba Jin
The trials of Italian immigrants Sacco and Vanzetti made Ba Jin angry, and he campaigned for their release. Vanzetti apparently was moved enough to reply to Ba Jin from his American prison, with a package of anarchist texts for his readings. Their short correspondence ceased when Vanzetti was executed, along with Sacco, on August 23, 1927. Ba Jin published in late 1932 the short story "Dianqi" ("The Electric Chair"), to protest against their execution.