Police have detained Chinese-American venture capitalist Charles Xue, one of the country’s most popular celebrity bloggers, on suspicion that he visited a prostitute in Beijing, as authorities crack down on bloggers who have posted politically sensitive material online.
Better known by his alias Xue Manzi, the naturalised American citizen regularly reposts reform-minded content and shares his views on issues such as pollution and food safety….
Even the Global Times newspaper, which is part of the same publishing house as the [official party newspaper] People’s Daily, seemed to make a link between a crackdown and Mr Xue’s arrest.
“Cannot rule out the possibility that authorities are arresting Xue Manzi with a prostitute to give him a hard time,” Global Times editor Hu Xijin wrote in a blog posting that later disappeared.
Via Chinese police detain US celebrity blogger suspected of visiting prostitute @ Irish Times.