China's troll king: how a tabloid editor became the voice of Chinese nationalism

Hu Xijin is China's most famous propagandist. At the Global Times, he helped establish a chest-thumping new tone for China on the world stage - but can he keep up with the forces he has unleashed? On 2 November, the Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai posted a long message on the social media site Weibo, accusing China's former vice-premier, Zhang Gaoli, of sexual assault. As soon as the post went live, it became the highest-profile #MeToo case in China, and one of the ruling Chinese Communist party'...