Zhang Zhan, 37, a former Shanghai lawyer and citizen journalist who covered the early days of Wuhan’s coronavirus outbreak, has been jailed for four years over “picking quarrels and provoking troubles”. Photo: AFP/YouTube
Zhang Zhan, 37, a former Shanghai lawyer and citizen journalist who covered the early days of Wuhan’s coronavirus outbreak, has been jailed for four years over “picking quarrels and provoking troubles”. Photo: AFP/YouTube
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Letters | Why China should value, not silence, those like Zhang Zhan

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Updated: 6:45am, 8 Jan, 2021

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Zhang Zhan, 37, a former Shanghai lawyer and citizen journalist who covered the early days of Wuhan’s coronavirus outbreak, has been jailed for four years over “picking quarrels and provoking troubles”. Photo: AFP/YouTube
Zhang Zhan, 37, a former Shanghai lawyer and citizen journalist who covered the early days of Wuhan’s coronavirus outbreak, has been jailed for four years over “picking quarrels and provoking troubles”. Photo: AFP/YouTube
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