
The death of a high school student has exposed a credibility crisis for Chinese authorities
CNN
"Truth! Truth! Truth," shouted the dozens of people gathered outside a Chinese high school on Tuesday in a video widely circulated online. Holding white flowers, they demanded to know why a 17-year-old boy had suddenly fallen to his death on campus that weekend.
Within minutes, the video -- which hasn't been independently verified by CNN -- showed police breaking up the protest, another example of how China's government under President Xi Jinping has doubled down on quashing organized dissent in recent years. But the matter didn't end there. Online, outcry was growing over the death of Lin Weiqi, a sophomore at the city's No.49 High School in Chengdu, southwestern China.
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