China detains professor who criticized Xi over coronavirus

Xu Zhangrun, a rare outspoken critic of the government, published an essay in February blaming the culture of deception and censorship fostered by Xi for the spread of the coronavirus in China. READ:

XI JINPING. A news program shows Chinese President Xi Jinping during the closing session of the National People's Congress, on a giant screen at an intersection in Beijing on May 28, 2020. File photo by Greg Baker/AFP

Xu published an essay in February blaming the culture of deception and censorship fostered by Xi for the spread of the coronavirus in China. A friend said on Monday a man claiming to be police had called Xu's wife – who had been living separately at a university residence – to say Xu was arrested for allegedly soliciting prostitution in the southwestern city of Chengdu.

A Chinese court last year sentenced"cyber-dissident" Huang Qi, whose website reported on sensitive topics including human rights, to 12 years in prison for"leaking state secrets".

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