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Coronavirus: China sets trial date for citizen journalist Zhang Zhan



A Chinese citizen journalist on a hunger strike in protest over her arrest will face trial in Shanghai this month as her health deteriorates and she is force-fed, according to sources with knowledge of her condition.Zhang Zhan, a 37-year-old former lawyer who reported on the coronavirus epidemic in the central Chinese city of Wuhan earlier this year, will go on trial in Shanghai Pudong New Area People’s Court on December 28.A court document sent to Zhang’s lawyers on Wednesday said Zhang was…



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