China in Focus (Feb. 15): Netizens Go Missing Amid Plans to Mock Xi Jinping

By Tiffany Meier
Tiffany Meier
Tiffany Meier
Tiffany Meier is a senior anchor, China news reporter, and producer for NTD News based at the network's global headquarters in New York City. Tiffany hosts NTD's prime time show "Tiffany Meier Tonight" as well as "China in Focus." She also co-moderates NTD's special election coverage "The Nation Decides." Tiffany produced the award-winning NTD Original documentary "Hollywood Takeover: China's Control in the Film Industry."
February 15, 2021Updated: February 15, 2021

Two Chinese netizens have disappeared. That’s after they and a group of others tried to celebrate the Lunar New year by mocking the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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