Australian citizen Yang Jun was sentenced to death by a Beijing court a year ago, but given a two-year suspension which could see him given life instead.
The regime did not lift its sanctions against Rubio but quietly changed the translation of his name, a move said to be an attempt to minimize embarrassment.
111 reporters are behind bars in a handful of Asian countries, accounting for 30 percent of those imprisoned, says the Committee to Protect Journalists.
China’s psychiatric facilities are regularly used to hold citizens who publicly criticize the Chinese Communist Party, according to a human rights group.
The list includes Chinese textile giant Huafu Fashion, its subsidiaries, and solar and mining companies that manufacture products or mine minerals in Xinjiang.