News orgs retract stories featuring Chinese celebrity dissident after NPR probe At least ten news organizations have retracted or amended their stories after an NPR investigation showed that a man they featured as a brave Chinese dissident was accused of being a conman. Following NPR's reporting, at least 10 news organizations retracted or amended their stories, a mass action that …
NPR investigation of a Chinese celebrity dissident leads news orgs to retract stories toggle caption AP/AP AMSTERDAM – In recent years, dozens of news organizations around the world have quoted or covered a young Chinese man named Wang Jingyu, who portrayed himself as a brave dissident standing up to Communist Party repression. NPR's reporting has now led at least 10 …
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Chinese capital Beijing appears to have backed off a plan to launch a vaccine mandate for entry into certain public spaces after pushback from residents. While not explicitly saying it had dropped the plan, a city official was quoted in state media late Thursday saying that people could enter venues with a negative virus test result …
