Chinese Schools Issue Gag Order as Putin Visits Russian-Built Chinese City

Russian leader Vladimir Putin visited Harbin—a Czarist Russian-built city in northeast China—during his trip to China seeking the Chinese communist regime’s continuing support for his geopolitical ambitions. Meanwhile, the Chinese regime’s school officials in Harbin issued a “gag order” on students during Putin’s visit, banning the mention of sensitive topics about Russia. On the second day of Putin’s state visit to China, he visited an Orthodox Church built by imperial Russia and Harbin Institute of Technology on May 17, where he met with faculty and students. Harbin citizens revealed on Chinese social media that some local school officials recently issued a notice through WeChat groups saying: “Parents please instruct your children to pay attention to their speech and not to post any sensitive words on any social media (including anything related to ‘Sino-Russia Expo’, names of events and people, etc.)!! Delete any of them as soon as possible!”...