Sophia Huang Xueqin

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Huang Xueqin, also known as Sophia Huang Xueqin, is a Chinese #MeToo activist, women's rights activist, and independent journalist. Before working as an independent journalist, Huang served as an investigative journalist for several newspapers in Guangzhou, China. In September 2021, she and another activist, Wang Jianbing, disappeared and were believed to have been detained on charges of subversion of state power. In 2022, she received the Wallis Annenberg Justice for Women Journalists Award from the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF), given to a journalist who is unjustly imprisoned. In June 2024, Huang was sentenced to five years in prison after having been found guilty of subverting state power, while Wang was sentenced to three and a half years.

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Sep 24, 2026
Far Right
Released from prison last Friday after serving a five-year sentence for 'inciting subversion of state power,' her case drew international attention to China's #MeToo movement.
Pro-reform observers celebrate her resilience while condemning the politically motivated charges as emblematic of the party's war on independent journalism and feminist activism.
Sep 23, 2026
Far Right
Released from prison after serving a five-year sentence for 'inciting subversion of state power.'
Pro-reform advocates celebrate her resilience but condemn the politically motivated charges that jailed her for her #MeToo reporting.

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