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#MeToo makes its way to China, but will the government censor it?

Author: Shannon Liao

In: The Verge, 2018

Gives background to one of the catalysts for the development of #MeToo in China - translated as “我也是” or #WoYeShi -, namely a social media post by academic Luo Xixi in December 2017, in which she accused her former doctoral professor Chen Xiaowu of unwanted sexual advances.

See also https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/chinas-me-too-moment

Available online at:

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/11/16873934/metoo-weinstein-china-women-feminism-censorship-2018