Detained Chinese Professor Who Criticised Xi Is Freed, Friends Say


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Detained Chinese Professor Who Criticised Xi Is Freed, Friends Say By AFP News on July 13 2020 3:03 PM 0 0 A Chinese academic who penned an essay blaming the coronavirus pandemic on President Xi Jinping's authoritarianism and censorship has been released after nearly a week in detention, his friends have told AFP. Xu Zhangrun, a law professor at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University, was taken from his home in the capital by a group of more than 20 people on July 6, according to associates. He returned home on Sunday and was well, two friends confirmed to AFP on Sunday,...