Earlier this month, feminist blogger Jiang Chan had her official WeChat account blocked. The account now displays a message saying that it has been blocked, and that the content cannot be viewed because it is in violation of Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) regulations. Jiang hasn’t updated her Weibo account, with 41,000 followers, since May of 2023, but on WeChat she has published many popular articles and essays with over 100,000 views. Her WeChat account description reads, “We were not silent; we participated in change.”
In August, her WeChat article about a sexual harassment incident at the Wuhan University library was censored. The article included screenshots of online comments and private messages from women with sons who either supported the young man accused of harassment, made excuses for his behavior, or engaged in victim-blaming. Jiang described these women as “spoiled-boy moms”.
