Category Archive for : ‘CHINA’

December 2, 2020
TRT World

Zhou Xiaoxuan weeps as she speaks to her supporters upon arrival at a courthouse in Beijing on December 2, 2020. (AP)
A Chinese woman, who filed a sexual misconduct lawsuit against a TV host, has her case heard in court after over two years.

Zhou Xiaoxuan told cheering supporters at a courthouse on Wednesday that she hopes her case will encourage victims of gender violence in a system that gives them few options to pursue complaints.

The delay of her trial reflects the challenges Chinese women face in pursuing sexual

Huffington Post

In northeast China, a 9-year-old gave birth by Caesarean section to a healthy babyboy.  Local police haven’t determined who the father is, but are investigating.  Sex witha minor under the age of 14 comes with an automatic rape conviction and jail sentence.
(China)

Guo Hongzhen has been sentenced to death by a Chinese court.  Hongzhen, the head of a juvenile gang that raped more than 40 girls, received the sentence for gang raping middle-school students and other underage females in Woyang county between 2004 and 2006, either by force or with drugs or alcohol.

(Beijing, China)

Bu Xiaogang, 23, kidnapped five year old Han Dong in northern Shaanxi province and buried the boy alive in a coal mine after being discovered.  He was charged and convicted of kidnapping, not murder.  He was executed along with four other men as part of a nationwide campaign against an upsurge in violence against children.