A CHINESE singer who was detained for threatening to bomb government offices after a man detonated a device at Beijing airport has triggered a debate about free speech.

The airport attacker Ji Zhongxing—a wheelchair-bound former driver who said he had failed for years to win redress after a police beating left him paralysed—garnered some sympathy after the explosion destroyed his hand and injured an officer earlier this month.

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