A Chinese citizen journalist who was arrested after ‘reporting the truth’ about the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan was today jailed for four years. Zhang Zhan, 37, has been found guilty of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’ for her criticism of the Wuhan government’s handling of the crisis at the peak of the outbreak. Ms Zhang – … Read more
A nurse who worked at a Wuhan hospital designated to treat coronavirus patients has died after falling from heights. The cardiac nurse was said to have quarrelled with a supervisor before the incident earlier today. She had complained about a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for hospital workers in the isolation wards, according to state-owned news … Read more
China has become used to public confessions on television. But this time the words came from one of the nation’s top officials and had seismic global implications. ‘At first, we assumed the seafood market might have the virus, but now the market is more like a victim,’ said Gao Fu, director of the Centre for … Read more