China strips city of its honorary “civilized” status after a group of men beat 4 women outside a restaurant this month. The assault sparked widespread condemnation, renewing a national discussion about misogyny and violence against women.
The assault in Tangshan, in the northern Hebei province, was caught on closed-circuit TV and sparked widespread condemnation, renewing a national discussion about misogyny and violence against women.
“National civilized cities” are selected on eight criteria, including good social order and a healthy and upward-moving social atmosphere, according to the office’s official website. Tangshan has been awarded the status four times since 2011, most recently in 2020. Two of the women remain hospitalized in intensive care, officials said this week, while authorities said they had arrested nine people in relation to the attack.“The incident of group beating of women in Tangshan is shocking,” the ruling Communist Party publication People’s Daily wrote on Weibo shortly after the incident was publicized. “It not only challenges the law, but also challenges the social order and the public’s sense of security.
“The rise of women’s rights consciousness in China is quite rapid, faster than a lot of other countries, so I think the feeling of threat from men is especially acute,” said Yaqiu Wang, a senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch.
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