When actor Yu Menglong tragically died on 11 September, the official narrative felt thin.
What began as a local tragedy has exploded into a national scandal, not because of a criminal investigation—which authorities have refused to open—but because of the astonishing lengths the Chinese government has gone to in order to silence it. Instead of answers, the public received censorship: deleted posts, suspended accounts, and official stonewalling.
Yet, this heavy-handed suppression has utterly backfired. Online anger, both inside and outside of mainland China, has only intensified, turning the actor's death into a flashpoint against official corruption. At the heart of this resistance is a courageous whistleblower, known as Ren Beichuan, whose campaign to name a high-ranking official has placed his life in immediate danger.
Yu Menglong was a popular television actor best known for his roles in period drama series and had a significant social media following, which helped amplify the shock and scrutiny over his death. This is the story of a man fighting for justice in the case of Yu Menglong, and why the Communist Party of China is so desperate to see him disappear.
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