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Trump's feminist critics gagged by Chinese internet giant Weibo
Source: The Guardian
Trump's feminist critics gagged by Chinese internet giant Weibo
Ban may reflect Beijing’s nervousness about the state
of US-China relations in the Trump era
Tom Phillips in Beijing
Wednesday 22 February 2017 08.47 GMT
Chinese feminists have hit out at their country’s answer to Twitter after it gagged one of their movement’s most visible social media accounts in an apparent bid to stifle criticism of US president Donald Trump.
The “Feminist Voice in China” account on social networking site Sina Weibo was handed a 30-day ban on Monday for allegedly violating Chinese law.
The punishment came six days after the group posted a Chinese translation of an article - first published in the Guardian - in which US-based feminist academics called for a new “militant feminist struggle”, partly in response to Trump’s “aggressively misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic and racist policies”.
The article urged activists to launch an “international strike” on 8 March to protest male violence and support reproductive rights.
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Ban may reflect Beijing’s nervousness about the state
of US-China relations in the Trump era
Tom Phillips in Beijing
Wednesday 22 February 2017 08.47 GMT
Chinese feminists have hit out at their country’s answer to Twitter after it gagged one of their movement’s most visible social media accounts in an apparent bid to stifle criticism of US president Donald Trump.
The “Feminist Voice in China” account on social networking site Sina Weibo was handed a 30-day ban on Monday for allegedly violating Chinese law.
The punishment came six days after the group posted a Chinese translation of an article - first published in the Guardian - in which US-based feminist academics called for a new “militant feminist struggle”, partly in response to Trump’s “aggressively misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic and racist policies”.
The article urged activists to launch an “international strike” on 8 March to protest male violence and support reproductive rights.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/22/chinese-internet-giant-weibo-gags-donald-trumps-feminist-critics
