“Hong Kong (CNN) — An independent Chinese journalist who reported from Wuhan at the height of the initial coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years ….
“Zhang Zhan, 37, was found guilty of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’ ….” [Ed. note: English translation, “troublemaker”.]
“Zhang traveled to the central Chinese city in early February to report on the pandemic and subsequent attempts to contain it …. For more than three months, she documented snippets of life under lockdown in Wuhan and the harsh reality faced by its residents, from overflowing hospitals to empty shops. She posted her observations, photos and videos on Wechat, Twitter and YouTube …. [P]rosecutors accused her of ‘publishing large amounts of fake information’ … to ‘maliciously stir up the Wuhan Covid-19 epidemic situation.’ …
“Zhang is one of a number of independent reporters who have been detained or disappeared in China since the beginning of the pandemic …. China is the biggest jailer of journalists in the world ….”
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Thank God for enough intelligent American voters who voted against trump to get Biden elected!!!
Biden will be spending 4 years cleaning up the trump elephant’s mess and the bs obstructionist’s in the party of extremists that caused so much havoc and hate American democracy.