Commentary: Fate of truth tellers in China a warning for America
William McKenzie, For the Express-News
June 5, 2021
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Democracy activist Joshua Wong, center, has been imprisoned for speaking truth to power. Manipulation of the truth is the ground game of authoritarians and propagandists — and it’s destabilizing to a democracy like ours.Associated Press file photo
Joshua Wong is in a Chinese prison for having the temerity to speak the truth. For that, Chinese authorities just gave the lithe 24-year-old democracy activist another 10 months on top of the 13½ months they sentenced him to in December for standing up for free speech and the freedom of assembly in his hometown of Hong Kong.