Detained Chinese journalist released

A Chinese journalist who has reportedly been investigated over an online petition calling for the resignation of President Xi Jinping has been released. A lawyer for Jia Jia, who was taken away by police earlier this month, said the columnist had been freed, had met his wife and could return home anytime. Mr Jia is […]

A Chinese journalist who has reportedly been investigated over an online petition calling for the resignation of President Xi Jinping has been released.
A lawyer for Jia Jia, who was taken away by police earlier this month, said the columnist had been freed, had met his wife and could return home anytime.
Mr Jia is said to have been detained as part of a high-profile inquiry into a letter urging Mr Xi to quit.
The letter appeared briefly on a website linked to China’s government.
Signed by “Loyal Communist Party Members” and dated March 2016, it criticised Mr Xi for various political, economic and diplomatic decisions, as well as for creating a “personality cult”.
“We don’t think Comrade Xi Jinping has the ability to lead the party and the country into the future,” it said.