Zhang is an editor for the digital platform Chinese Youth Stand for Tibet(CYST) that emerged after the “white paper protests” in 2022. According to the group, it aims to “share the hidden truth about Tibet among the Chinese-speaking community.” CYST says Zhang may have been taken by state security on suspicion of “endangering national security.”
mandag 22. september 2025
A Chinese international student and activist goes missing during a trip home
A Chinese international student and activist has gone missing during a trip to China to visit family. Rights and advocacy groups are saying it’s the latest case of transnational repression. On July 5, Zhang Yadi, 22, who has been studying in France, returned to Changsha, Hunan province, to visit family. On July 30, she disappeared in Shangri-La, Yunnan province.
Zhang is an editor for the digital platform Chinese Youth Stand for Tibet(CYST) that emerged after the “white paper protests” in 2022. According to the group, it aims to “share the hidden truth about Tibet among the Chinese-speaking community.” CYST says Zhang may have been taken by state security on suspicion of “endangering national security.”
Zhang is an editor for the digital platform Chinese Youth Stand for Tibet(CYST) that emerged after the “white paper protests” in 2022. According to the group, it aims to “share the hidden truth about Tibet among the Chinese-speaking community.” CYST says Zhang may have been taken by state security on suspicion of “endangering national security.”
