Li Yuan
Emperor Gaozu of Tang, personal name Li Yuan, courtesy name Shude, Xianbei name Daye Yuan, was the founding emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, reigning from 618 to 626 CE. Under the Sui dynasty, Li Yuan was the governor in the area of modern-day Shanxi, and was based in Taiyuan.
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Wrote in The New York Times that China's online environment has grown colder and darker, with forced positivity increasingly strained.
Pro-reform readers see her as a rare honest chronicler of how CCP information control suffocates public debate, and cite her warning that discontent is spilling out despite the crackdown.