Zhang Yadi

Zhang Yadi, also known as Tara, is a Chinese writer and activist who wrote for and edited the Chinese-language blog, "Chinese Youth Stand for Tibet." In July 2025, she was detained under national security charges when she returned to China following university studies in France and before graduate studies in the United Kingdom, for which she had been accepted. In September 2025, she was charged with “inciting separatism” and “endangering national security.” Her lawyer was also briefly detained and his phone was reportedly confiscated.