He Qian accused a celebrity journalist and promoter of philanthropic causes of sexually assaulting her when she was an intern at a news magazine in 2009 — only to be subjected to a defamation lawsuit. This #MeToo case gone wrong has revealed flaws in China’s legal system, which disincentivizes sexual assault victims from outing high-profile men.
The long-awaited hearing on sexual harassment allegations against Zhū Jūn 朱军, a prominent TV anchor in China, began today in Beijing, kicking off what’s likely to be a grueling and lengthy ordeal expected to test the power of China's #MeToo movement.
The case that has caused a reckoning in China's #MeToo movement.
It’s been a year since a bombshell investigative article by The New York Times exposed Harvey Weinstein’s long-term sexual harassment of actresses in Hollywood spurred a...
The #MeToo movement has gained some significant momentum on the Chinese internet in the last few weeks after a number of women shared their stories...
Zhang Peng 张鹏, an ecology professor at Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) in Guangzhou, has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women as reported in...
Xie Yungeng 谢耘耕, deputy dean of the School of Media and Design at Shanghai Jiaotong University, has been reportedly dismissed from his position after five...
On March 7, a day before this year’s International Women’s Day, the Guangzhou Gender and Sexuality Education Center and the China Women’s Film Festival released...
A woman wears in anti-groping backpack on Foxconn’s campus; image via Jianjiaobuluo On January 23, the women’s labor rights website Jianjiaobuluo 尖椒部落 published an essay by...
More than 50 instructors from over 30 Chinese colleges have signed an anti-sexual harassment manifesto drafted by Xu Kaibin 徐开彬 (pictured above), a journalism professor...