Chinese authorities recently detained two Chinese netizens for posting a video online in which they claimed dead hogs lying on the streets had died of African swine fever (ASF).
The authorities had repeatedly denied that the ASF outbreak occurred in the local area.
Two Residents Detained in Qingdao
On April 25, police in Huangdao District of the coastal city of Qingdao in Shandong Province published a statement, where it said two men named Zhao X Xiu, 57, and Zhao X Ye, 53, were detained for ten and seven days respectively because they had spread an illicit video. The police did not fully identify their names by leaving the middle character out.
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
