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Commentary: Fate of truth tellers in China a warning for America William McKenzie, For the Express-News June 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 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. ....