Student Luo Daiqing was detained for tweets mocking Chinese President Xi Jinping. Liam Glen writes how this fits into the Chinese government’s totalitarian ambitions, but also risks backlash from the rest of the world.
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Student Luo Daiqing was detained for tweets mocking Chinese President Xi Jinping. Liam Glen writes how this fits into the Chinese government’s totalitarian ambitions, but also risks backlash from the rest of the world.