{"id":34872,"date":"2021-08-06T23:29:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T14:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/aug\/06\/kris-wu-arrest-raises-hopes-for-chinas-metoo-movement"},"modified":"2021-08-06T23:29:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T14:29:43","slug":"kris-wu-arrest-raises-hopes-for-chinas-metoo-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=34872","title":{"rendered":"Kris Wu arrest raises hopes for China\u2019s #MeToo movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis: public opinion shifting, but reaction from authorities may have related more to crackdown on fame culture<\/p>\n<p>It felt like a turning point. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jul\/31\/pop-star-kris-wu-detained-on-suspicion-of\">arrest of one of China\u2019s biggest pop stars on rape allegations<\/a> had raised hopes that authorities were finally addressing the country\u2019s #MeToo movement.<\/p>\n<p>So many recent cases of harassment, abuse or violence against women had been swept under the carpet, excused or smothered by political censorship. But this was Kris Wu, known in China as Wu Yifan: a ubiquitous megastar with numerous international high-end brand endorsement deals.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/aug\/06\/kris-wu-arrest-raises-hopes-for-chinas-metoo-movement\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis: public opinion shifting, but reaction from authorities may have related more to crackdown on fame cultureIt felt like a turning point. The arrest of one of China\u2019s biggest pop stars on rape allegations had raised hopes that authorities were f&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1643,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50,71,2272,336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-culture","category-music-industry","category-sexual-harassment"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34873,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34872\/revisions\/34873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}