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Court Ruling Deals A Blow To China's Faltering #MeToo Movement

An intern accused a well-known TV anchor of forcibly kissing her. In a ruling this week, a Beijing court found that it could not determine whether sexual harassment had occurred.
Zhou Xiaoxuan speaks to journalists and supporters on Sept. 14 outside the Haidian District People's Court in Beijing before a hearing in her case. She alleged that she was groped and forcibly kissed by prominent TV anchor Zhu Jun, who denies the allegations and has countersued for defamation. The court ruled there was not sufficient evidence of sexual harassment.

One of China's most prominent #MeToo cases has concluded with a Beijing court ruling that it could not determine whether sexual harassment occurred, a blow for gender equality advocates and for China's faltering #MeToo movement.

"I have done all that I can. I knew this would be the last hearing, but I never imagined it'd turn out like this," said a tearful Zhou Xiaoxuan after her court hearing this week. She had alleged that Zhu Jun, a well-known television anchor, groped and forcibly kissed her in 2014 in a dressing room at CCTV, China's

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