Innovative Chinese dissident uses cryptocurrency to fund his activism

Innovative Chinese dissident uses cryptocurrency to fund his activism

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. To skeptics, a meme coin is a fast way to make a cheap buck. For exiled activist Li Ying, it’s been a way to bankroll a pro-democracy community that’s challenging Chinese censorship and authoritarian rule. Li, 32, is better known by his handle on the social media platform X: “Teacher Li is not your teacher.” He’s built a following of more than 2 million by…