Amid the uproar, the education ministry said it had a “zero tolerance” policy and will establish a new mechanism to prevent sexual harassment. ‘Soft censorship’There is no legal definition of sexual harassment in China and no national regulations on how to handle sexual assault cases in schools and workplaces. Sexual harassment is a sensitive topic in China, where political leadership is a man’s world with only one woman in the Communist Party’s elite 25-member Politburo. In the past week, censors deleted hundreds of social media posts with the tag “Me too in China” and closed related topic forums. While #MeToo has shaken artistic, media and political circles globally, in China the discussion has focused on universities.

Source: Hindustan Times January 25, 2018 04:41 UTC