China's continuing repression of human rights lawyers amidst—and under the pretext of—Covid 19

By Jerome A. Cohen

Here's my op-ed in today's SCMP, China should not use the coronavirus as an excuse to silence human rights activists like Wang Quanzhang. "Covid-19 has outlived its use as an excuse for repression. This time the world is watching, so the party faces a challenge to its ingenuity, or at least its brazenness."