China tries to censor outrage over its handling of chained woman case

A letter by varsity graduates calling for a probe disappears from Chinese social media just after it is posted

16 February 2022 - 20:14 By Bloomberg News

China has censored a letter signed by 100 alumni of a top university calling for a central government probe into the case of a mother of eight who was kept chained by the neck in a hut, a rare public challenge to the government of President Xi Jinping...

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