China Jails Blogger for ‘Smearing’ Soldiers Killed in Clash With India at Galwan

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6/1/2021|Updated: 6/8/2021

NEW DELHI—China has jailed a popular blogger for “smearing martyrs” killed in last year’s bloody clash with Indian soldiers in Galwan.

Qiu Ziming, 38, an internet celebrity with 2.5 million followers on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, was sentenced to eight months in jail under China’s freshly amended criminal law aimed to suppress “online humiliation or insults against” martyrs, reported Chinese state-run media outlet the Global Times.

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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