Coronavirus: journalist missing in Wuhan as anger towards Chinese authorities grows
by Lily Kuo in Hong Kong from Science | The Guardian on (#4Z4TN)
Chen Quishi's disappearance comes amid widespread anger in China over the death of whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang
A citizen journalist who had been reporting from the centre of the coronavirus outbreak has gone missing, prompting claims that the Chinese authorities are silencing another whistleblower.
Chen Qiushi, a human rights advocate, has been missing since Thursday - the same day Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old ophthalmologist who was punished by authorities for trying to warn colleagues and friends about a new Sars-like virus, was first reported to have died from the coronavirus.
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