Li Datong (李大同, born 1952) was the Managing Editor of Freezing Point, a section of China Youth Daily. He now[when?] writes for openDemocracy, which is based in London.
Datong was openly critical of China's 2018 constitutional change that removed the term limits for the President. In an open letter to the National People's Congress he stated that the change would "sow the seeds of chaos".
See also
External links
- Li Datong on China Digital Times
- Response to Freezing Point Closure
- Growing crackdown on Chinese media
- The Click that Broke a Government's Grip – the Washington Post on his protest against censorship
References
"China's media censorship rattling world image". Christian Science Monitor. 24 February 2006. Retrieved 21 July 2018. https://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0224/p01s04-woap.html ↩
"Gia hạn nhiệm kỳ chủ tịch TQ là 'trò hề'". BBC News Tiếng Việt (in Vietnamese). 28 February 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/vietnamese/world-43228701 ↩
"Extending Xi rule 'would be a farce'". BBC News. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-43212839 ↩
"Chinese grumble about 'emperor' as congress fetes Xi". The Japan Times Online. 6 March 2018. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 21 July 2018. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/06/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/chinese-grumble-emperor-congress-fetes-xi/ ↩