#MeToo and Cyber Activism in China

Gendered Violence and Scripts of Power

Li Ma

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781000442458
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Gender Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

This book focuses on the #MeToo movement in China, critically examining how three competing ideologies have worked in co-opting #MeToo activism: China's official communism, Western neoliberalism, and an emerging Chinese cyber feminism.

In 2018, China's #MeToo cyber activism initially maintained its momentum despite strict censorship, presenting women's voices against gendered violence and revealing scripts of power in different sectors of society. Eventually though it lost impetus with sloganization and stigmatization under a trio of forces of pressures: corporate corruption, over-politicization by Western media, and continued state censorship. The book documents the social events and gendered norms in higher education, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), business, and religious circles that preceded and followed high-profile cases of alleged sexual abuses in mainland China, engaging with sociological scholarship relating to demoralization and power, media studies, and gender studies. Through these entwined theories the author seeks to give both scholars and the general audience in gender studies a window into the ongoing tension in the power spheres of state, market, and gendered hierarchy in contemporary Chinese society.

This book will be of interest to students of gender studies, China studies, media studies, and cultural studies

Chronology 1: #MeToo in China

2018

Jan. 1	Luo Qianqian reported Chen Xiaowu to Beihang University
Mar. 3	Wang Ao exposed Xu Gang on social media
Mar.	Actor Gao Yunxiang arrested for sexually abusing a female member of staff in Sydney
Apr. 5	Beijing University alum exposed Shen Yang on social media
May 6	Air hostess Li sexually assaulted and killed by a Didi taxi driver
Jul. 8	Zhang Peng of Zhongshan University exposed of sexual abuse online
Jul. 20	NGO leader Yuan Tianpeng accused of attempted rape
Jul. 23	NGO leader Lei Chuang accused of raping a female volunteer in 2015
Jul. 23	Multiple victim-survivors accused NGO leader Deng Fei of sexual abuse from 2009 to 2015
Jul. 23	Gay rights activist Kenneth Cheung Kam-Hung accused of sexual harassment by multiple victim-survivors
Jul. 23	NGO leader Feng Yongfeng accused of sexual harassment
Jul. 25	Harvard University PhD student Non Arkaraprasertkul accused of sexual assault
Jul. 25	Media professional Zhang Wen accused of sexual assault
Jul. 25	A female journalist accused journalist Zhu Changzhen of attempted rape in 2012
Jul. 25	Pan Jieke, founder of Reading Poems For You, accused of sexual harassment by a former member of staff
Jul. 25	Female writer Chun Shu exposed writer Zhang Chi and Sun Mian, head of New Weekly, of sexual assault
Jul. 26	CCTV anchor Zhu Jun was exposed of sexual harassment in filming studio
Jul. 26	China Communication University professor Xie Luncan accused of sexual harassment by a female student
Jul. 26	A woman accused badminton world champion Liu Jianjun and national badminton team member Zhang Wei of sexual harassment when she was 14
Jul. 27	China Communication University vice president Cai Xiang accused of sexual harassment
Jul. 28	Zhou Xiang of Midi Music Festival accused of sexual assault
Jul. 29	Northwest University professor Zhang Xiao accused of sexual abuse
Jul. 31	Yang Guoqiang...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• List of Illustrations
• List of Abbreviations
• Chronology 1: #MeToo in China
• Chronology 2: Anti-sexual harassment laws around the world
• Acknowledgments
• A popular song protesting violence against women in China
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Professors and academic superstars
• 3 Charity leaders and NGO trailblazers
• 4 Journalists and media celebrities
• 5 Religious masters and social justice ministries
• 6 The Chinese diaspora
• 7 Conclusion
• Glossary
• Index