Chinese President Xi Jinping himself has hailed the country's top scientists as "the national treasure, the pride of the people and the glory of the nation." On Weibo, China's heavily-censored version of Twitter, users flooded CASC's official account with angry comments demanding answers for the alleged attack. A week after the alleged attack, China successfully sent three astronauts to its under-construction space station, a milestone proudly celebrated by state media and millions of people in China. Chinese scientists and intellectuals have had a fraught history with the Communist Party. And the alleged beating of the two scientists is supposedly against everything Xi claims his new China stands for.

Source: CNN July 05, 2021 06:00 UTC