Core News: 2 Wuhan whistleblowers missing months after helping expose coronavirus outbreak, activists say

2 Wuhan whistleblowers missing months after helping expose coronavirus outbreak, activists say



Amid tightening controls on information in China, two citizen journalists reporting on the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan disappeared in February, according to a report, and months later, activists say the whistleblowers are still missing. Armed with smart phones and social media accounts, non-sanctioned reporters on the outbreak challenged the Communist Party’s tightly policed monopoly on information on an unprecedented scale.