On December 30, the New York Times reported “25 days that changed the world: How the new crown epidemic got out of hand in China? mentioned another whistleblower of the Chinese outbreak, Professor Yongzhen Zhang. The story recounts how Professor Zhang’s team released the genetic sequence of the new crown virus on Jan. 11, 2020, but the best time to prevent the outbreak was still missed. Zhang Yongzhen’s story stirred reactions among Chinese readers. Shortly before that, on Weibo, an article titled “What happens to those who hold the paycheck for the crowd – the story of a Chinese virus scientist” existed for a few hours before it was deleted. This article tells the early experiences of Professor Yongzhen Zhang, the world’s first person to measure and publish the gene sequence of a new coronavirus, and the plagiarism and academic suppression of the results after the publication of the results. Today the article is still available in a Google search with the title in the web snapshot, showing more than 170,000 reads. Netizens tweeted the tag of Yongzhen Zhang to remind readers not to forget the whistle blower, Prof. Yongzhen Zhang.
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