PhotoBEIJING — The main social media account of a leading feminist organization in China has been taken down for 30 days, and Chinese feminists are bracing for what they fear may be another wave of repression before major political meetings this year. “Hello, because content you recently posted violates national laws and regulations, your account will be banned for 30 days,” the notice said, according to a message Feminist Voice circulated on another social media account. “This is about attacking civil society,” Lu Pin, a founder of Feminist Voices who lives in New York, said in a telephone interview. ?” said a message posted on the group’s Weixin, or WeChat, social media account. No women’s strike has been called for March 8 in China, but the word “strike” is politically delicate in China.

Source: New York Times February 22, 2017 09:34 UTC