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Will China have its #MeToo movement?

Author: Lü Pin

In: Amnesty International, 2017

Although sexual harassment and its consequences for women and society at large are not acknowledged in Chinese society, in June 2017 anti-harassment ads appeared in subway stations across Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Shenzhen – in campaigns funded either by corporations or by the government-backed All-China Women’s Federation. This report from Amnesty International discusses the development of feminist struggles in China since the arrest of the ‘Feminist Five’ in 2015, with a particular focus on to the development of feminist activism from 2017 onwards.

For a very detailed report on the development of the #MeToo movement in China by the same author, see also https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/09/lu-pin-metoo-from-butterflies-to-hurricanes/

For an understanding on Feminist Five's activist, Li Maizi, see also https://www.juanxucurator.com/feminist-activism-in-china-in-conversation-with-li-maizi-2017.html#  

Available online at:

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/11/will-china-have-metoo-moment/