Chinese who reported on COVID to be released
after 3 years
Posted By: AltaD, 4/30/2023 8:41:36 AM
Hong Kong - Chinese authorities were preparing Sunday to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicizing videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the COVID-19 outbreak, a relative and another person familiar with his case said. Fang Bin and other members of the public who were dubbed citizen journalists posted details of the pandemic in early 2020 on the internet and social media, embarrassing Chinese officials who faced criticism for failing to control the outbreak. The last video Fang, a seller of traditional Chinese clothing, posted on Twitter was of a piece of paper reading, “All citizens resist, hand power back to the people.”
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Hong Kong - Chinese authorities were preparing Sunday to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicizing videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the COVID-19 outbreak, a relative and another person familiar with his case said.
Fang Bin and other members of the public who were dubbed citizen journalists posted details of the pandemic in early 2020 on the internet and social media, embarrassing Chinese officials who faced criticism for failing to control the outbreak. The last video Fang, a seller of traditional Chinese clothing, posted on Twitter was of a piece of paper reading, “All citizens resist, hand power back to the people.”
GOP-controlled legislatures in South Carolina and Nebraska failed on Thursday to pass anti-abortion legislation.
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Are Still Paying for Biden Nominee Julie
Su’s $31B Mistake 8 replies
Are Still Paying for Biden Nominee Julie
Su’s $31B Mistake 8 replies
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Despite many of them having only just entered the workforce, Generation Z — those born in 1997 onwards — is already getting a bad rap at the office.
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Fox News parts ways with Tucker Carlson
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Congrats to the happy couple!
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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday warned that the United States may run out of measures to pay its debt obligations by June 1, earlier than the government and Wall Street had been expecting.
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'Very homophobic': Teachers' union leader
Randi Weingarten says House hearing crossed
the line 15 replies
Randi Weingarten says House hearing crossed
the line 15 replies
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Those passions were expressed in a “very homophobic” way by the outspoken congresswoman, Weingarten told Yahoo News last Friday. The hearing had taken place two days before, but she was still plainly rattled by the exchange.
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