A Chinese social media influencer with millions of followers was recently arrested by Chinese authorities for questioning the Chinese soldiers’ death toll in the Sino-India border conflict in 2020. He was forced to make a “confession” on China’s state-run national TV. On Mar. 1, the Nanjing Procuratorate announced on its official social media WeChat account that it approved the arrest of Qiu Ziming, the owner of the account named “Spicy Pen small ball” on the Chinese social media Weibo, for “belittling and ridiculing the heroes and martyrs defending the border” and “causing a negative social impact.” Qiu was detained by local police on Feb. 20. Also on Mar. 1, the Supreme Procuratorate of China posted Qiu’s “confession” footage on its official media Procuratorate Daily. State-run CCTV also broadcasted Qiu’s one-minute “confession” that evening. In the video, Qiu was wearing prisoner’s clothes. He called his behavior “annihilating conscience” and said he felt …