In targeting Mr. Lai, the Chinese government may also have been sending a message to other countries that have been harshly critical of its crackdown on Hong Kong. According to Bloomberg’s news report, Ms. Fan disappeared into the hands of investigators on Monday, soon after she was last in contact with a Bloomberg editor. The news organization tried to obtain information about Ms. Fan’s whereabouts from the Chinese government and Chinese embassy in Washington, the report said. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respond immediately to a fax and phone calls about the case.

Source: New York Times December 11, 2020 06:13 UTC