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China activist who called Xi clueless on coronavirus faces years in jail for ‘subversion’
Xu Zhiyong is being held in secret detention and has been denied access to a lawyer, say friends

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/08/china-activist-who-called-xi-clueless-on-coronavirus-faces-years-in-jail-for-subversion

Chen Quishi is still missing
Fang Bin is still missing

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‘The new normal’: China’s excessive coronavirus public monitoring could be here to stay
Experts say the coronavirus has given the Chinese government a pretence for accelerating the mass surveillance

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/09/the-new-normal-chinas-excessive-coronavirus-public-monitoring-could-be-here-to-stay