Social media muted on a household host’s sexual harassment case

Xianzi, a 27-year-old scriptwriter, is an alleged victim of a sexual assault carried out by a famous Chinese host Zhu Jun, which allegedly happened during her internship at CCTV in 2014. The trial finally began on Dec. 2^nd thanks to the #METOO campaign that has focused public attention on women’s rights. When people concerned about the case and in urgent need to hear more about the result has discovered related posts and hashtags which previously were available and heatedly discussed on various social media platforms have suddenly all disappeared. Users on Weibo are complaining about the apparent censorship and feeling puzzled how public media is going to handle the misconduct. (Source: whatsonweibo.com)