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She accused a tech billionaire of rape. The Chinese internet turned against her

By Li Yuan
New York Times·
15 mins to read

Liu Jingyao, a college student, describes what it's like to be slut-shamed by 800 million people.

When Liu Jingyao introduced herself, in the lobby of her apartment building, I didn't recognise her. It was a puzzling feeling. For an entire year, photos of her had blanketed the Chinese internet. Like tens of millions of other Chinese, I had watched and rewatched surveillance video of her in this very building. She was one of the most talked about and mysterious women

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