Journalist Goes Missing After Viral For Reporting On Coronavirus in China

CHINA – Chen Qiushi, a citizen journalist who had been doing critical reporting from Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the epicenter of the outbreak, has now suddenly disappeared.

Chen, who has more than 200,000 followers on Twitter and more than 400,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, had been posting regular updates from Wuhan.

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But since the 6th of February, friends and family Qiushi have been unable to get through to him.

According to a Guardian report, Chen’s disappearance comes as the Chinese government struggles to contain public anger over its handling of the virus.

Chen, over the past few weeks, gave people a peek into just how dire things have been. Many of those videos have been posted to Twitter and reposted on YouTube.

In his videos, he appeared to only have basic protection of goggles and a face mask, unlike reporters from the state media networks.

Source : IzzSO