Chinese Netizens Hailed the Man who Once Sued Zheng Xiaoyu – Josie Liu

Josie Liu reports on whistle blower Gao Chun, who tried for years to expose corruption within the pharmaceutical industry and the State Food and Drug Administration and the support he is garnering from netizens in China:

Gao+ChunGao Chun, a 41-year-old man from Hunan, gained his fame along with Mr. Zheng Xiaoyu’s fall. He was featured by mainland media as a hero who dared to challenge the corrupt system of Chinese government’s drug supervision and approval, despite his powerless status as a drug company pharmacist. People started to notice his story soon after Mr. Zheng was openly put under investigation.

For over a decade, Mr. Gao has kept reporting to authorities in Beijing, including Zheng Xiaoyu and his agency, about frauds he found with his company’s operation when seeking approval for new drugs back in the mid-1990s. [Full text]

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