“Injustice” read the one-word message, handwritten in large characters on a piece of cardboard strung across Yang Min’s back as she walked through traffic in Wuhan.
It was Mother’s Day in China last month. But for the 49-year-old, there was no celebration, just raw loss and deep anger, combined with a defiant intent to pursue justice and accountability in one of the world’s most repressive states.
Yang’s only daughter, Tian Yuxi, died in February, aged 24, lying unwashed in soiled sheets in an overwhelmed hospital that had run out of the most basic supplies.
She had fallen sick to a debilitating new illness in mid-January. By then, senior communist cadres and health chiefs were well aware that the disease ravaging the city was a new
