‘Nothing to Be Afraid Of’: Demands for Free Speech in China Persist
- Moderates argue for greater dissent to prevent next outbreak
- President Xi remains unlikely to tolerate criticism of Beijing
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As an official’s son visiting the U.K. back in 1989, Xiao was afraid to talk about the crackdown on democracy activists in Tiananmen Square. But this January, as word spread among his friends that a Wuhan doctor had contracted the virus sweeping the Chinese city, he spoke up.