Chinese billionaire Richard Liu agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped her in Minneapolis in 2018, attorneys for both sides announced.
A settlement amount was not disclosed.
apnews.com/article/minnes… #GBV Liu Jingyao alleges the attack happened in 2018 while Richard Liu was in Minneapolis for a weeklong residency in the University of Minnesota’s doctor of business administration China program, geared toward high-level executives in China.
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Same-sex couples from China are getting married in Utah over Zoom
Utah County introduced weddings over Zoom during the pandemic, unintentionally providing a valuable service for China's LGBTQ+ community.
restofworld.org/2022/chinese-s… by @violazhouyi The state of Utah in the United States has no citizenship requirements for marriage licenses, and Utah County is the only place there that allows international couples to register their marriages online.
restofworld.org/2022/chinese-s…

How Male Influencers Turned the Men in These People’s Lives Toxic
People share how their loved ones have embraced deeply hateful and misogynistic worldviews since listening to “alpha male” influencers.
buzzfeednews.com/article/adeoni… A beloved brother who suddenly supports violence against women, a dad who minored in women’s studies and now wants to murder “effeminate” men, a boyfriend who starts making misogynistic jokes.
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The Vatican confirms that it has sanctioned the East Timor independence hero and Nobel Peace Prize laurate, Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo, following allegations that he sexually abused boys there during the 1990s.
apnews.com/article/africa… The Vatican admission came a day after Dutch magazine De Groene Amsterdammer exposed the claims against the revered Catholic bishop, citing two of Belo’s alleged victims and reporting there were others who hadn’t come forward in East Timor.
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As-Am male supremacists/MRAsians are incels who believe in racial purity.
They harass & gaslight Asian feminists (not just us) for weeks. They are never interested to learn.
We want to create a safe space for women, cis & trans, as well as non binary people, so blocking them As-Am male supremacists think only a man can run this account 🤣

What century do we live in?: In Malaysia, a pregnant parliamentary candidate receives sexist and misogynist insults, slutshaming remarks, and insinuations that she is a bad mother for competing in the elections. #GE14 1/3 More sexist, misogynist remarks thrown at a pregnant Malaysian parliamentary candidate #GE14 2/3