Huang Xueqin

Huang Xueqin (born in 1988),[1] is a #MeToo activist,[2] women's rights activist, and independent journalist in China. Before working as an independent journalist, Huang served as an investigative journalist in several newspapers in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.[3]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Huang.

Career

Sexual Harassment Report on Chinese Women Journalists

In October 2017, Huang initiated a survey on Chinese women Journalists' experience on sexual harassment and collected 416 answers.[4] On March 7, 2018, based on this survey, a Sexual Harassment Report on Chinese Women Journalists were released. According to the report, over 80% of women journalists had experience of being sexually harassed, 42.2% of women journalists who participated in the survey experienced sexual harassment more than one time.[5]

Beihang University Incident

In October 2017，sexual harassment survivor, Beihang University Ph.D graduate, Dr. Luo Xixi reported anonymously to the university that her former Ph.D advisor, "Changjiang Scholar" Chen Xiaowu had been harassing his graduate students for years. However, the university did not respond to her report. Meanwhile, she saw Huang's survey on Chinese women Journalists' experience on sexual harassment, and sought help from Huang. They created an alliance called "Hard Candy" and exposed Chen Xiaowu's behaviors on January 1, 2018 on Weibo and received billions of viewership. January 14, Chen Xiaowu's "Changjiang Scholar" title was revoked.[6] This marked the start of China's #MeToo movement.

Subsequently, Huang started several campaigns to support many #MeToo survivors.

Detention

On June 9, 2019, Huang participated in 12 June 2019 Hong Kong protest to protest against the 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill, and wrote about her experience on the platform Matters.[7][3][8] On June 11, she posted on her social media and stated that Guangzhou police harassed her because of her writing the article about Hong Kong Protestors. She said her parents were "terrified".[9] Subsequently in October 2019, Guangzhou police arrested her in the name of "Picking quarrels and provoking trouble".[10] On January 17, 2020, Huang was released on bail.[11]

References
  1. 中國女權活動人士、記者黃雪琴被拘，曾就香港抗議撰文
  2. 赫海威2019年10月25日 (2019-10-25). "中国女权活动人士、记者黄雪琴被拘，曾就香港抗议撰文". 纽约时报中文网 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. "曾報道反送中遊行 屢揭性侵醜聞 內地獨立記者黃雪琴疑被刑拘". 眾新聞. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  4. "这份调查报告说：超过八成的中国女记者曾经受过性骚扰_文化_好奇心日报". www.qdaily.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  5. "发声本身就是一种力量：专访《中国女记者性骚扰调查》发起者黄雪琴". baijiahao.baidu.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  6. "扳倒北航"长江学者"陈小武的女性们-腾讯网". new.qq.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  7. "〈記錄我的「反送中」大遊行〉". Archived from the original on 2020-01-05. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  8. "曾參加港反修例遊行 內地獨立記者黃雪琴被拘". 明報. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  9. "廣州獨立記者黃雪琴疑被捕 來港升學受阻 屢揭性侵曾報道反修例". 香港01. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  10. 女权人士、媒体人黄雪琴遭广州公安拘留
  11. 弗林 (18 January 2020). "曾报道香港反送中 大陆女权媒体人黄雪琴被拘3月后获释". RFI. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
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