HeatherLiu
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Hey guys! I'm from China and I accidentally clicked in this forum. First of all, I am very shocked so many of you have expressed concerns and devoted so much time to this case. I am praying for Yingying as all of you are!!! Thank you all for your kindness.
Since I dont know any more info than you guys, I just want to add some background info about her, to clear up a few things.
She is very successful in school, and graduated from Peking University's graduate school. I'm sure at least some of you have heard of the school, which is why this is hugely controversial in China, because she is a very valuable and intelligent scholar, not just any random person out there. (This is no way saying that someone with a less prominent degree is less important. I'm sure you get my point here."
As for the social media part, a lot of us Chinese dont depend highly on western platforms like FB, Instagram, etc. We mainly use Weibo (similar to twitter, but slightly better in my humble opinion) and Wechat to chat with friends. As far as I'm concerned, Yingying did not post very regularly on those platforms.Her last Weibo post was on June the first, about her doing some field work. I can't really find anything too personal about her, and she does not post selfies often. On her other account on Wechat, I believe the last post was on June 5, something about jogging in the morning and the beautiful views in Illinois.
A lot of Chinese netizens suspect that the FBI can probably pull the record out from Wechat, Apple, etc, but we dont really know if the FBI has searched in this aspect. According to the most recent press conference of the FBI, they are not "where they were" when it first started and "has made progress" on this matter. But all of this is just too vague, I feel both hopeful and terrified at the same time.
Since I dont know any more info than you guys, I just want to add some background info about her, to clear up a few things.
She is very successful in school, and graduated from Peking University's graduate school. I'm sure at least some of you have heard of the school, which is why this is hugely controversial in China, because she is a very valuable and intelligent scholar, not just any random person out there. (This is no way saying that someone with a less prominent degree is less important. I'm sure you get my point here."
As for the social media part, a lot of us Chinese dont depend highly on western platforms like FB, Instagram, etc. We mainly use Weibo (similar to twitter, but slightly better in my humble opinion) and Wechat to chat with friends. As far as I'm concerned, Yingying did not post very regularly on those platforms.Her last Weibo post was on June the first, about her doing some field work. I can't really find anything too personal about her, and she does not post selfies often. On her other account on Wechat, I believe the last post was on June 5, something about jogging in the morning and the beautiful views in Illinois.
A lot of Chinese netizens suspect that the FBI can probably pull the record out from Wechat, Apple, etc, but we dont really know if the FBI has searched in this aspect. According to the most recent press conference of the FBI, they are not "where they were" when it first started and "has made progress" on this matter. But all of this is just too vague, I feel both hopeful and terrified at the same time.