Critic who called Xi a 'clown' over Covid-19 crisis investigated for 'serious violations'

Ren Zhiqiang went missing last month after writing an essay criticising the Chinese Communist party's handling of the outbreak Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ren Zhiqiang, an influential critic of the Chinese Communist party who suggested president Xi Jinping was a "clown" over his handling of the coronavirus outbreak, is being investigated for "serious violations of discipline and the law", Chinese anti-corruption authorities have said. The retired property execut...