Libel Suit By Ninety-Nines China Governor “Saki” Chen Jingxian Dismissed
A three-judge Beijing court rendered a unanimous verdict dismissing every one of the defamation claims made by Ninety-Nines China Governor “Saki” Chen Jingxian against global circumnavigation record-holder Wang Zheng. The three-judge panel refused to grant Chen the injunctive and compensatory relief requested by the complaint and refused to censure any of the statements that the Ninety Nines China Governor had challenged as infringing her reputation, including Wang’s statement that Chen’s 2016 flight around the world was a “fake flight.” The court also dismissed Chen’s claims against co-defendant social media giant Sina Weibo, finding that the so