China jails citizen-journalist for four years over Wuhan virus reporting

Police vehicles are seen outside Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Court before the trial of citizen-journalist Zhang Zhan, who reported from Wuhan during the peak of theCovid-19 outbreak, in Shanghai, China December 28, 2020. [Reuters]

A Chinese court on Monday handed a four-year jail term to a citizen-journalist who reported from the central city of Wuhan at the peak of last year’s coronavirus outbreak, on grounds of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” her lawyer said.