China’s feminists protest wave of online abuse with ‘Internet violence museum’ A growing nationalistic fervor is fueling a torrent of vitriol against anyone speaking out against the state, especially women’s rights activists By Helen Davidson / The Guardian, TAIPEI Late last month, an “unknown hill in the Chinese desert” was blanketed in scores of large red and white banners, flapping vitriol in the breeze. “I hope you die, bitch,” one said. “Little bitch, screw the feminists,” others said. Illustration: June Hsu They were all actual messages sent to women, an act of harassment anonymized by social media. They were sent during weeks of intense debate about the treatment of women on Chinese microblogging sites, sparked by the abuse of Xiao Meili (肖美麗), who posted video of a man who threw hot liquid at her after she asked him to stop smoking.