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In the days before International Women ’s Day 2015, Chinese authorities arrested five women Wei Tingting, Zheng Churan, Li Maizi, Wu Rongrong and Wang Man for planning to hand out stickers challenging sexual harassment on public transport across China. They were detained for 37 days. Over the course of their detainment, the five were subjected to violent interrogations, denied important medication and medical treatment, and were routinely harassed and humiliated.
In the days before International Women ’s Day 2015, Chinese authorities arrested five women Wei Tingting, Zheng Churan, Li Maizi, Wu Rongrong and Wang Man for planning to hand out stickers challenging sexual harassment on public transport across China. They were detained for 37 days. Over the course of their detainment, the five were subjected to violent interrogations, denied important medication and medical treatment, and were routinely harassed and humiliated.
When China’s leader Xi Jinping comes to the United States for his first state visit in September, will U.S. leaders use the summit to address the country’s deteriorating human rights conditions?Not if the U.S. performance at June’s Strategic and Economic Dialogue with China is any indication.Some plaudits are in order for U.S.