A Chinese citizen journalist who uploaded coronavirus reports from Wuhan onto social media to criticise the city's handling of the outbreak has been arrested, according to reports. She is believed to be the fourth Chinese citizen reporter to have vanished or been detained after posting dispatches from Wuhan during the COVID-19 outbreak. Ms Zhang, who is originally from the north-western province of Shaanxi, had been critical of the Communist Party before the pandemic. It is said the independent journalist arrived in Wuhan around February 1 to report on the coronavirus outbreak. Before Ms Zhang, three other citizen journalists had vanished for publishing reports about Wuhan's epidemic on international social media outlets.

Source: Daily Mail June 24, 2020 09:18 UTC