China arrests law professor who criticised Xi over coronavirus

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Coronavirus News Chinese president Xi Jinping. (Gallo Images/ Getty Images) Chinese authorities have arrested a law professor who published essays strongly criticising President Xi Jinping over the coronavirus pandemic and accusing him of ruling “tyrannically”, according to his friends and colleagues. Xu Zhangrun, a rare outspoken critic of the government in China’s heavily censored academia, was taken from his home in suburban Beijing on Monday morning by more than 20 policemen, one of his friends said on condition of anonymity. According to a text message circulated among Xu’s friends, police also searched his house and confiscated his computer. Xu published...