Innovative Chinese Dissident Uses Cryptocurrency To Fund His Activism

By Baili Liu

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...