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Xu Xiaodong has Weibo account wiped after Hong Kong protest comments; meets human rights lawyer Chen Qiushi
- Chinese MMA fighter’s microblog is deleted for the eighth time – ‘the ninth is coming!’ he says
- Xu tweets picture with Chinese human rights lawyer Chen Qiushi, who had been feared missing after returning from Hong Kong protests
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Xu Xiaodong has paid another price for speaking out in support of Hong Kong people during the ongoing protests – this time on social media.
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Earlier this week, the Chinese MMA fighter was visited at his Beijing home by authorities who questioned his views on the demonstrations after a Twitter post.
Now the fighting “Mad Dog” has had his account on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo cancelled.
It is the eighth time Xu has been wiped from Weibo. He started the account earlier this year, and had more than 12,000 followers before it was shut down.
“Let’s continue! The ninth time is coming!” Xu wrote on Twitter, where he also posted a video to his 56,000 followers.
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