Claim 657

CPJ's assessment of the motive behind her arrest.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: CPJ's assessment of the motive behind her arrest.
Field: action
Value: China said to fear independent reporting on its COVID-19 response
About: incident 2020-china-arrests-zhang-zhan
Source: Journalist Zhang Zhan arrested for covering COVID-19 in Wuhan
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2020-05-18

Quotation from the source

China professes pride in its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, but appears deathly afraid of allowing independent journalists like Zhang Zhan to freely tell the story of what is happening,