Beijing
WHEN outspoken professor Qiao Mu posted his resignation letter on a popular Chinese messaging app, sympathetic readers tapped their phone screens to send him money, leaving him with a 20,000 yuan (S$4,030) payday.
China's widely-used applications have given writers such as Dr Qiao an outlet to self-publish and make money - as long as their words respect the boundaries set by online censors inside the country's "Great Firewall".
With Facebook and Twitter blocked in China, they post their works...