Why China saw public anger and reporting about the coronavirus go uncensored. Plus, the fury of India's news anchors.
Speaking up about the coronavirus – but at what cost?
The death of Li Wenliang, a doctor in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, has caused collective outrage online.
Li was amongst the first to raise the alarm. He was then taken into custody and forced to confess to wrongdoing - spreading rumours - essentially for doing his job.
It is rare for the Chinese to openly criticise the government; rarer still when those criticisms on social media are not instantly deleted by censors.
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