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Writer disappears from Chinese internet after calling Xi Jinping a 'human trafficker'

2022-02-15T16:01:35.599Z


Geling Yan's works no longer appear anywhere on the Chinese web, reports the Times. The writer who now lives in Berlin has questioned the responsibility of the Chinese government in the numerous kidnappings of women raging in the country.


In China, it is no longer possible to find traces of the works of the novelist Geling Yan on the internet, reveals the Times, which affirms that this deliberate censorship was decided by the Chinese Communist Party.

The famous writer, known for numerous novels and film scripts and who now lives in Berlin, has indeed annoyed the highest authorities in Beijing by directly questioning the responsibility of the Chinese government in the multiplication of child abductions in the country.

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The novelist was indeed invited to comment, during a video interview conducted by the Chinese sociologist Zhou Xiaozheng, who now lives in the United States, on a news item widely reported in China: the discovery of a Chinese woman chained and detained in atrocious conditions.

The country's authorities initially denied that this woman - described as mentally ill - had been abducted, before a more in-depth investigation was carried out under pressure from public opinion...

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Source: lefigaro

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