Chinese virologist accuses Beijing of hiding details on coronavirus

An international press freedom group has warned of a campaign of coronavirus misinformation by China, which it ranked 177th out of 180 countries in an annual global press freedom index on Tuesday.

A former news anchor with China's state broadcaster CCTV who quit his job to report from the front line of the coronavirus epidemic in the central province of Hubei is incommunicado, believed detained.

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have release women's rights activist and independent journalist Sophia Huang, also known as Huang Xueqin, on "bail," ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations at the end of the month, rights groups said.

A student who tweeted a cartoon of Winnie the Pooh in connection with President Xi Jinping while studying in the U.S. was jailed for six months on his return to China for the summer vacation last year.