Fok Yit Wai

Fok Yit Wai

Associate China News Editor, Lianhe Zaobao

Yit Wai is Associate China News Editor, Lianhe Zaobao cum Associate Head, Zaobao China Online. Her interests include China politics, culture and arts.

Prof Yuen Kwok-yung (centre) and a team of experts heading to Tai Po in Hong Kong to evaluate the Covid-19 situation, 14 March 2020. Mainland China has criticised his commentary on the Covid-19 epidemic. (CNS)

Irate Chinese netizens lash out at Hong Kong SARS hero Yuen Kwok-yung

Hong Kong academic Yuen Kwok-yung was a prominent figure in bringing the 2003 SARS epidemic under control. But he has recently sparked anger in mainland China for his commentary on the Covid-19 outbreak, leading to a subsequent retraction of the piece. Zaobao’s Associate China News Editor Fok Yit Wai asks: "Will Beijing boycott Yuen?"
Jiangshan Jiao (right) and Hongqi Man, the short-lived virtual idols of the Chinese Communist Youth League. (Internet)

The short life of patriotic idol Jiangshan Jiao

In sensitive Covid-19 times, any hint of propaganda elicits a potentially virulent backlash, Chinese authorities learn.