Millennials and younger Gen-Zers are having a feminist awakening in post-#MeToo China, despite a conservative backlash and a government increasingly hostile to the movement. Their unlikely hero is a 74-year-old Japanese professor, Chizuko Ueno.
On April 13, China’s major microblogging platform Sina Weibo announced that, in order to create “a sunny and harmonious” environment, it would remove videos and comics “with pornographic implications, promoting bloody violence, or related to homosexuality.” On April 16, after a public outcry, Sina reversed the ban on gay-themed content. Although Beijing decriminalized
In the days before International Women ’s Day 2015, Chinese authorities arrested five women Wei Tingting, Zheng Churan, Li Maizi, Wu Rongrong and Wang Man for planning to hand out stickers challenging sexual harassment on public transport across China. They were detained for 37 days. Over the course of their detainment, the five were subjected to violent interrogations, denied important medication and medical treatment, and were routinely harassed and humiliated.
In the days before International Women ’s Day 2015, Chinese authorities arrested five women Wei Tingting, Zheng Churan, Li Maizi, Wu Rongrong and Wang Man for planning to hand out stickers challenging sexual harassment on public transport across China. They were detained for 37 days. Over the course of their detainment, the five were subjected to violent interrogations, denied important medication and medical treatment, and were routinely harassed and humiliated.