Wang Zhenhua, a real-estate developer and former Communist Party member, was jailed for five years for child molestation. Many criticized the sentence as too lenient.
Tag: Censorship
Twitter Had Been Drawing a Line for Months When Trump Crossed It
Inside the company, one faction wanted Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief, to take a hard line against the president’s tweets while another urged him to remain hands-off.
Outside Egypt, Critics Speak Freely. Inside, Families Pay the Price.
Egyptian officials have jailed the relatives of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s loudest critics in exile. It is his latest effort to silence all opposition.
Coronavirus Survivors Want Answers, and China Is Silencing Them
In Wuhan, where the pandemic started, the police have threatened and interrogated grieving relatives. Lawyers have been warned not to help them sue.
In Pandemic, a Remote Russian Region Orders a Lockdown on Information
Trailing only Moscow in per capita infection, Komi faces a serious health crisis and wants to know who leaked the bad news.
Under Modi, India’s Press Is Not So Free Anymore
India’s government has pressured advertisers and even shut down channels to shape the information that 1.3 billion Indians receive. It’s part of a wider assault on dissent.
Coronavirus Crisis Awakens a Sleeping Giant: China’s Youth
How the ruling Communist Party manages the coming months will help shape how hundreds of millions of young people see its authoritarian political bargain for decades to come.
U.S. Officials Push for Expelling Suspected Chinese Spies at Media Outlets
Trump administration officials are discussing taking action after China said it would expel almost all American journalists for The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.
Ousting U.S. Reporters, China Signals Confidence in Its Own Message
Western media once served as a useful tool. Now Beijing seeks to shape its own narrative, further widening the gulf between China and the world.
Coronavirus Outrage Spurs China’s Internet Police to Action
Online enforcers are dragging in hundreds for questioning as an assault on online speech continues. They are a sign how Beijing has given censors a more punitive role.