China struggles to find its #MeToo movement
7 years ago

China struggles to find its #MeToo movement

CNN  

Guangzhou, China CNN — Five years on, Zhang Qimao still simmers with rage over what happened to her when she reported a sexual assault to the police. In a country with a population of 1.4 billion, only 43,000 people were prosecuted for “crimes of violating women’s personal rights” from 2013 to 2017, according to the office of China’s top prosecutor. Related: Why China has so few female leaders State-run media have even published articles that claimed sexual assault isn’t a problem in China in the wake of the “me too” movement. “Chinese traditional values and conservative attitudes tend to safeguard women against inappropriate behavior,” said a commentary published last October in the state-run China Daily newspaper after scandalous accounts of sexual assault involving Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein emerged. “I asked around in the dating chat group, and some women told me that it wasn’t the first time the man had done this,” she said.

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‘Her Story’: China’s answer to ‘Barbie’ becomes latest smash hit - but some men are not amused
3 months ago

‘Her Story’: China’s answer to ‘Barbie’ becomes latest smash hit - but some men are not amused

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — A 9-year-old girl pushes back against period shame, telling adults at the dinner table, “more than half the world’s population bleeds.” Two men fight for a woman’s heart by boasting how many books they’ve read by Japanese feminist icon Chizuko Ueno. These scenes from China’s latest box-office hit, “Her Story,” have become the talk of Chinese …

‘Her Story’: China’s answer to ‘Barbie’ becomes latest smash hit - but some men are not amused
3 months ago

‘Her Story’: China’s answer to ‘Barbie’ becomes latest smash hit - but some men are not amused

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — A 9-year-old girl pushes back against period shame, telling adults at the dinner table, “more than half the world’s population bleeds.” Two men fight for a woman’s heart by boasting how many books they’ve read by Japanese feminist icon Chizuko Ueno. These scenes from China’s latest box-office hit, “Her Story,” have become the talk of Chinese …

PhD student at a top Chinese university publicly accuses her supervisor of sexual harassment
8 months ago

PhD student at a top Chinese university publicly accuses her supervisor of sexual harassment

Hindustan Times  

A female PhD student at one of China's top universities took social media by storm after accusing her academic supervisor of sexual harassment and said he threatened to stop her from attaining her doctorate for refusing his advances, prompting her school to launch an investigation on Monday. The woman, who identified herself as Wang Di and said she studied at …

A top Chinese university fires a professor after a student accused him of sexual harassment
8 months ago

A top Chinese university fires a professor after a student accused him of sexual harassment

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A top Chinese university fired a professor on Monday, a day after a graduate student accused him of sexual harassment on social media in a rare public allegation and posted recordings as evidence, drawing widespread support. Renmin University said Monday it concluded that the complaints against the professor, who is also surnamed Wang, were true following an …

Chinese journalist who promoted #MeToo movement sentenced to 5 years in prison
9 months, 1 week ago

Chinese journalist who promoted #MeToo movement sentenced to 5 years in prison

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Supporters say a Chinese journalist who promoted women’s rights as part of the country’s nascent #MeToo movement has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of incitement to subvert state authority, almost three years after she and an activist were detained. Huang and Wang’s cases appear to have become intertwined as part of the most recent …

Sophia Huang Xueqin: Top-secret trial of ‘MeToo’ journalist spotlights China’s blatant abuse of security law
1 year, 5 months ago

Sophia Huang Xueqin: Top-secret trial of ‘MeToo’ journalist spotlights China’s blatant abuse of security law

The Independent  

One of China’s leading #MeToo activists and a top labour rights advocate have been tried behind closed doors on charges of “subversion”, their supporters say, in conditions of intense secrecy remarkable even by the standards of Xi Jinping’s authoritarian government. Journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin was put on trial on the charge of “inciting subversion of state power” along with labour …

A Chinese #MeToo journalist and an activist spent 2 years in detention. Their trial starts this week
1 year, 6 months ago

A Chinese #MeToo journalist and an activist spent 2 years in detention. Their trial starts this week

Associated Press  

BEIJING — After two years in detention, a Chinese journalist active in the #MeToo movement will go on trial this week, along with a labor rights activist who was detained with her in 2021, one of their supporters said. Huang Xueqin, an independent journalist, helped spark China’s first #MeToo case in 2018 when she helped a graduate student go public …

Renewed "Me Too" in China: How CCP-led censorship muzzles voices against sexual harassment
1 year, 7 months ago

Renewed "Me Too" in China: How CCP-led censorship muzzles voices against sexual harassment

Firstpost  

Stories of a series of sexual assault allegations against Shi Hang, an influential screenwriter in China, have resurfaced massively The “Me Too” movement started online in the US, and spread worldwide like a wildfire in 2018. Zhou Xiaoxuan, popularly known as Xianzi, emerged as the face of China’s “Me Too” movement in 2018 when she accused popular Chinese television host …

A Netflix hit, a Facebook flood and an overdue reckoning: How Taiwan’s #MeToo finally took off
1 year, 7 months ago

A Netflix hit, a Facebook flood and an overdue reckoning: How Taiwan’s #MeToo finally took off

LA Times  

In a pivotal scene from the hit Taiwanese drama “Wave Makers,” senior political staffer Weng Wen-fang crouches outside a rollicking karaoke room, making a drunken call to another woman on her team, Chang Ya-ching. The Garden of Hope Foundation, a women’s rights group in Taiwan, said it has received more than 110 calls about sexual harassment since June 1, compared …

China is intimidating women journalists and researchers online to silence and discredit them, report says
2 years, 2 months ago

China is intimidating women journalists and researchers online to silence and discredit them, report says

Op India  

China has been intimidating women journalists and researchers online to silence them and discredit their critical coverage of China, according to think tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute. The harassment “illustrates how online attacks can be used by authoritarian governments beyond borders to intimidate and silence journalists,” Nadine Hoffman, deputy director of the Washington-based International Women’s Media Foundation, wrote in an …

Four Years After #MeToo in China: Shrinking Digital Space for Change
2 years, 5 months ago

Four Years After #MeToo in China: Shrinking Digital Space for Change

The Diplomat  

On August 10, a Beijing court rejected the appeal of Zhou Xiaoxuan, who had accused a star presenter for state television of sexual harassment. While “sexual harassment” is mentioned in the Law for the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests of the People’s Republic of China that took effect in 2005, the statute did not define the term clearly. In …

Explained: How the #MeToo movement helped women around the world
2 years, 5 months ago

Explained: How the #MeToo movement helped women around the world

Firstpost  

The #MeToo movement, which started in the United States in October 2017, gave millions of women around the world a powerful rallying cry to denounce sexual violence Paris: The birth of #MeToo in the United States in October 2017 gave millions of women around the world a powerful rallying cry to denounce sexual violence. AFP spoke to five women here: …

Chinese Court Rejects Appeal in Landmark #MeToo Case
2 years, 7 months ago

Chinese Court Rejects Appeal in Landmark #MeToo Case

News 18  

A Chinese court rejected an appeal in a landmark sexual harassment case on Wednesday, dealing a blow to the country’s fledgling #MeToo movement. A small group of supporters came to wish Zhou luck on Wednesday, holding up signs that said “#MeToo” and balloons spelling out “All the best” in Chinese. “Four years have passed, and the most important thing is …

China wants more young women to have children. Many are refusing until the country is made safer for them
2 years, 7 months ago

China wants more young women to have children. Many are refusing until the country is made safer for them

ABC  

For residents of the Chinese city of Tangshan, the emergence of a gruesome video of violence against a local woman this week was another devastating blow. The next day, police from Laiyang in China's north confirmed the video was related to a local domestic violence case in which a woman was sexually assaulted by her ex-husband. He said high-profile cases …

On International Women’s Day, China’s Netizens Remember the ‘Chained Woman’
2 years, 11 months ago

On International Women’s Day, China’s Netizens Remember the ‘Chained Woman’

The Diplomat  

March 8, International Women’s Day, was met with fanfare by Chinese companies and government officials, with the usual spate of pro-women slogans posted to social media accounts. May you live your dream, stay young at heart, and glow with beauty, grace and happiness.” As in Zhao’s comments, it’s notable that much of China’s official Women’s Day messaging seems to fully …

EXPLAINER: Peng Shuai case shows barriers Chinese women face
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: Peng Shuai case shows barriers Chinese women face

Associated Press  

BEIJING — The controversy surrounding Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s accusations of sexual assault against a former top politician continues to cast a shadow of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games in the runup to their official kickoff on Friday. CONTROVERSY STILL SURROUNDS PENG’S ACCUSATIONS Peng disappeared from public view last year after accusing former Communist Party official Zhang Gaoli of …

China's #MeToo victims face abuse, payback for going public
3 years, 3 months ago

China's #MeToo victims face abuse, payback for going public

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the most high-profile case, former Chinese tennis star …

How Peng Shuai’s case directly threaten the communists’ power in China
3 years, 4 months ago

How Peng Shuai’s case directly threaten the communists’ power in China

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The head of the Women’s Tennis Association, Steve Simon, …

It’s not just Peng. China is cracking down on MeToo movement
3 years, 4 months ago

It’s not just Peng. China is cracking down on MeToo movement

Associated Press  

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Huang Xueqin, who publicly supported a woman when she accused a professor of sexual assault, was arrested in September. “They’re publicly excluding us from the legitimacy, from the legitimate public space,” said Lu Pin, an activist who now lives in the U.S. but is still active on women’s rights issues in China. “This society’s middle ground is …

China's #MeToo scandal: Tennis, sex and politics combine as Peng Shuai accuses ex-vice premier of sexual assault
3 years, 4 months ago

China's #MeToo scandal: Tennis, sex and politics combine as Peng Shuai accuses ex-vice premier of sexual assault

Firstpost  

Peng is a former top-ranked doubles player, taking 23 tour-level doubles titles, including Grand Slams at Wimbledon in 2013 and the French Open in 2014. Chinese authorities have squelched virtually all online discussion of sexual assault accusations apparently made by a Chinese professional tennis star against a former top government official, showing how sensitive the ruling Communist Party is to …

Tennis, sex and politics combine in Chinese #MeToo scandal
3 years, 4 months ago

Tennis, sex and politics combine in Chinese #MeToo scandal

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chinese authorities have squelched virtually all online discussion of sexual …

Court rules against woman who became face of China’s #MeToo movement in landmark verdict
3 years, 6 months ago

Court rules against woman who became face of China’s #MeToo movement in landmark verdict

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In a blow to China’s #MeToo movement, a Beijing court on Tuesday …

Chinese court dismisses high-profile #MeToo case
3 years, 6 months ago

Chinese court dismisses high-profile #MeToo case

Hindustan Times  

A Beijing court has dismissed a high-profile sexual harassment case levelled by a woman against a top television host, saying there’s insufficient evidence to support her claims. Zhou Xiaoxuan, also known by her online name Xianzi, arrives at a court for a sexual harassment case involving a Chinese state TV host, in Beijing, China on Tuesday. “The Haidian People’s Court …

Court Ruling Deals A Blow To China's Faltering #MeToo Movement
3 years, 6 months ago

Court Ruling Deals A Blow To China's Faltering #MeToo Movement

NPR  

Court Ruling Deals A Blow To China's Faltering #MeToo Movement Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Kevin Frayer/Getty Images One of China's most prominent #MeToo cases has concluded with a Beijing court ruling that it could not determine whether sexual harassment occurred, a blow for gender equality advocates and for China's faltering #MeToo movement. Zhou's allegations against Zhu …

Beijing court rules against woman in China #MeToo case
3 years, 6 months ago

Beijing court rules against woman in China #MeToo case

Associated Press  

BEIJING — A Beijing court ruled against a Chinese woman on Tuesday in a #MeToo case that wound through the courts for three years, in a blow to the tamped-down movement whose legacy remains uncertain. The Haidian People’s Court said in a judgment released late Tuesday night that Zhou Xiaoxuan, who had become the face of the country’s #MeToo movement, …

China court drops sexual assault case against former Alibaba manager as ‘forcible indecency’ not a crime
3 years, 6 months ago

China court drops sexual assault case against former Alibaba manager as ‘forcible indecency’ not a crime

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A court in China has …

China’s recent rape scandals are a #MeToo victory, activists say — even if the government won’t admit it
3 years, 7 months ago

China’s recent rape scandals are a #MeToo victory, activists say — even if the government won’t admit it

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Hong Kong CNN — Two explosive rape allegations have rocked China in recent weeks, turning a spotlight on the country’s stifled #MeToo movement and problems of sexual …

Alibaba working with police amid sexual assault allegations
3 years, 7 months ago

Alibaba working with police amid sexual assault allegations

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba …

China is repressing the feminist movement, but women's voices are only getting louder
3 years, 9 months ago

China is repressing the feminist movement, but women's voices are only getting louder

ABC  

阅读中文版本 China's Chairman Mao Zedong once famously said that "women hold up half the sky" — a powerful manifesto for gender equality and a legacy for the Chinese Communist Party. "All the women in my family are strong and professional female characters," the 27-year-old, who is studying in Sydney, told the ABC's China Tonight. She told the ABC that China's …

Are China’s Companies Taking Action on Sexual Harassment?
3 years, 11 months ago

Are China’s Companies Taking Action on Sexual Harassment?

The Diplomat  

“Are You New on the Job and Have Been Sexually Harassed? “I did not connect the new Civil Code to sexual harassment until now,” said one employee at a large Shenzhen-based technology company. “Although the Civil Code provides that companies ‘have a duty,’ ” she explained, “the forcefulness of ‘have a duty’ and ‘if I don’t do this, then there …

Office worker in China accuses boss of harassment and beats him with mop in video
3 years, 11 months ago

Office worker in China accuses boss of harassment and beats him with mop in video

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Local news says the woman filed a police report …

2 convicted of defamation in blow to China's #MeToo movement
4 years, 2 months ago

2 convicted of defamation in blow to China's #MeToo movement

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In a potential blow to …

Zhou Xiaoxuan is at the forefront of China's MeToo movement, which is slowly gaining momentum
4 years, 3 months ago

Zhou Xiaoxuan is at the forefront of China's MeToo movement, which is slowly gaining momentum

ABC  

Zhou Xiaoxuan felt a mix of emotions as she emerged from a Beijing courthouse to be greeted by a crowd of supporters after the first day of a landmark case inspired by the MeToo movement. Key points: Zhu Jun denies the allegations and has launched his own court case against Ms Zhou The MeToo movement gained momentum this year after …

China #MeToo case heads to court after 2-year delay
4 years, 3 months ago

China #MeToo case heads to court after 2-year delay

Associated Press  

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Zhou Xiaoxuan’s says her prestigious internship with Chinese state TV soured after a popular host forcibly kissed her. On Wednesday, Zhou’s case goes to trial in Beijing, highlighting the growing willingness of Chinese women to speak up about sexual harassment despite official resistance and censorship that eroded #MeToo’s impact. “There are very few sexual harassment cases who …

China #MeToo case heads to court after 2-year delay
4 years, 3 months ago

China #MeToo case heads to court after 2-year delay

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Wednesday, Zhou’s case goes to trial in Beijing, …

Tibetan social media influencer's brutal murder sparks debate over domestic abuse laws in China
4 years, 4 months ago

Tibetan social media influencer's brutal murder sparks debate over domestic abuse laws in China

Op India  

30-year-old Tibetan influencer Lhamo was very popular on social media, with thousands of followers on popular Chinese short-video app Douyin. A victim of continuous domestic abuse, Lhamo died on September 30 after fighting for her life in the Intensive Care Unit for two weeks. Tsering Kyi, Project Officer at the Women Empowerment Desk, said, “We have a Tibetan women helpline …

Outrage in China as video shows man beating his wife to death on busy street as members of public look on
4 years, 4 months ago

Outrage in China as video shows man beating his wife to death on busy street as members of public look on

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A video of a man beating his wife to death on a …

Opinion | If not closure, #MeToo movement has given women freedom from fear
5 years, 6 months ago

Opinion | If not closure, #MeToo movement has given women freedom from fear

Live Mint  

For a long time, India has been a patriarchal society and crimes against women have been underreported. In India, the #MeToo movement really took off about a year ago when Tanushree Dutta and Vinta Nanda alleged sexual harassment by well-known film personalities. One of the concerns about the #MeToo movement is that often there is no evidence, and that an …

'Its Unfortunate That Women Who Faced Sexual Harassment Have To Defend Criminal Proceedings For Telling The Truth': Priya Ramani Tells Court
5 years, 7 months ago

'Its Unfortunate That Women Who Faced Sexual Harassment Have To Defend Criminal Proceedings For Telling The Truth': Priya Ramani Tells Court

Live Law  

Priya Ranani gave her statement under section 313 of Criminal Procedure Code, before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal, at the Rouse Avenue Court. Ms Ramani also stated that her article in Vogue Magazine was not intended to harm the reputation of Mr Akbar but only to bring about the stories of multiple women who have faced sexual harassment …

Fatima Sana Shaikh on not sharing her #MeToo story: Don’t want to expose that side of my life
6 years ago

Fatima Sana Shaikh on not sharing her #MeToo story: Don’t want to expose that side of my life

Firstpost  

Fatima Sana Shaikh said that because of the #MeToo movement, the perpetrators were scared of being shamed in public. Fatima Sana Shaikh, who was most recently seen in Thugs of Hindostan, spoke about not sharing her #MeToo story, and how sexual assault has been normalised to the extent that women tend to just accept it. Just like I won’t judge …

‘Movement missing voices of Dalit, Adivasi women’
6 years, 5 months ago

‘Movement missing voices of Dalit, Adivasi women’

The Hindu  

IN 2000, Ammu Joseph, a journalist based in Bengaluru, wrote in her landmark book Making News: Women in Journalism : “Sexual harassment is a sensitive topic which many women are either embarrassed to talk about or prefer to dismiss as a relatively minor irritant that they can handle.” She catalogued story after story told by women about the atrocious behaviour …

#MeToo movement in China: Powerful yet fragile
6 years, 5 months ago

#MeToo movement in China: Powerful yet fragile

Al Jazeera  

Since last January, China has been experiencing a firestorm against sexual predation that reached universities, media outlets, sports teams, NGOs and even religious temples. The Chinese #MeToo movement participants have creatively spread discussions on sexual harassment cases on social media and saved censored information through screenshots and blockchains. On another top social media app, WeChat, movement participants spread screenshots of …

India lags in implementation, not laws on sexual harassment; #MeToo movement highlights need for better enforcement
6 years, 5 months ago

India lags in implementation, not laws on sexual harassment; #MeToo movement highlights need for better enforcement

Firstpost  

From the #MeToo movement, we must grasp the magnitude and seriousness of sexual harassment cases, which prevail even though there are seemingly strict provisions under the law. It defined sexual harassment as * An implied or explicit promise of preferential treatment in her employment * An implied or explicit promise of detrimental treatment in her employment * An implied or …

Must Reads: How China’s feminists launched #MeToo in a country where protest is barely possible
6 years, 6 months ago

Must Reads: How China’s feminists launched #MeToo in a country where protest is barely possible

LA Times  

Dressed in black, Li Yiyi sat on a ledge on the eighth floor of a downtown office building, staring at her cellphone as people on social media urged her to jump. “I was so sad,” Wan Miaoyan, a commercial lawyer in China who also handles sexual harassment and domestic violence cases, said of Li Yiyi’s death. “That is why I …

#MeToo in China: Buddhist monk resigns, TV star sues as movement makes a comeback
6 years, 7 months ago

#MeToo in China: Buddhist monk resigns, TV star sues as movement makes a comeback

ABC  

A high-ranking Buddhist monk, a famous television presenter and the head of an NGO are some of the latest men to be publicly accused of sexual harassment in China, where the #MeToo movement has had a resurgence. Key points: A series of high-profile allegations have seen #MeToo kick off again in China Victims have been sharing their stories online and …

Women in China face unique #MeToo challenges, but see some progress
6 years, 7 months ago

Women in China face unique #MeToo challenges, but see some progress

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Coming forward with an accusation of sexual harassment or assault is never easy. “Women working in human rights civil society in China are often pressured not to expose sexual abuses by male leaders so as not to jeopardize ‘the cause’,” journalist Yaqiu Wang wrote on Twitter. “This just shows that they don’t really see women as …

The big #MeToo dilemma in India and China is who you gonna call
6 years, 10 months ago

The big #MeToo dilemma in India and China is who you gonna call

Hindustan Times  

While the #MeToo movement has toppled scores of executives in the US and Europe, it’s been slower to take hold in Asia. Only 1.3 percent of 2,600 local companies canvassed in Asia said they had an HR system or policy in place to prevent sexual harassment, according to an International Labour Organization study. As Nirmalya Kumar wrote in an op-ed …

China’s #MeToo movement started on college campuses. It may end there
7 years, 1 month ago

China’s #MeToo movement started on college campuses. It may end there

LA Times  

A female student in a classroom at Beijing’s Beihang University, where the vice director of the graduate school was stripped of his position after an investigation determined that he had sexually harassed multiple students. “The deletion is a great hindrance to the movement,” said Xiao Meili, a prominent women’s rights activist, whose online letter calling for more attention to sexual …

China Is Attempting To Muzzle #MeToo
7 years, 1 month ago

China Is Attempting To Muzzle #MeToo

NPR  

China Is Attempting To Muzzle #MeToo Enlarge this image toggle caption Reuters Staff/Reuters Reuters Staff/Reuters When Xiao Meili entered her freshman year at the Communication University of China in 2008, she was inundated with sexist messages that made her feel bad about herself. For the first time since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949, organized feminist activists, independent …

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