Weibo Censors Coverage of Rape Conviction on International Women’s Day

Weibo Censors Coverage of Rape Conviction on International Women’s Day

Last week, a Chinese PhD student at University College London was found guilty by a British court of raping ten women, and detectives suspect there may be dozens more victims. The incident highlights the ongoing barriers to accessing justice for women in China and the U.K., as well as the continued censorship of reports about sexual violence on Chinese social media. Pan Pylas from the AP provided more information on the conviction of “one of the…