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Zhang Zhan, who reported about the coronavirus from Wuhan during the lockdown, will face trial this week, in the first known case against a citizen journalist from the crisis.
Chinese Citizen Journalist Sentenced to 4 Years for Covid Reporting Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer, is the first known person to be tried for challenging the Chinese government’s narrative about the coronavirus pandemic. The Shanghai Pudong New District People’s Court, where the citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced after reporting on the early days of the pandemic. Credit...Leo Ramirez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Published Dec. 28, 2020Updated Jan. 14, 2021 A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a citizen journalist who documented the early days of the coronavirus outbreak to ...