Yangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone People’s Court

“ In February 2019, the Defendant used VPN software to bypass the internet blockade and accessed the overseas social platform ‘Twitter’, registered a ‘Twitter’ account using his mobile phone with the phone number [redacted] (UID: @Rockyin5588, display name: ‘Shenyin’) . From 11 February to 6 September 2019, the Defendant used the aforesaid account to post on ‘Twitter’ many times of tweets that insulted the main leaders of the state, defamed the Chinese Communist Party, as well as maliciously published remarks supporting the independence of Taiwan and the Hong Kong riots ”

“ Therefore, there is no correlation between his committal of crime and his depressive mood. His ability to recognise and control exists, and therefore, it is determined that he should bear full criminal responsibility. ”