Alibaba Worker’s Desperate Plea for Help Sparks #MeToo Reckoning

Employee accused her manager of rape on a business trip
Her story could fuel China’s version of the #MeToo movement

WATCH: Outrage over the case mounted across social media sites in China over the weekend. Bloomberg’s Lucille Liu reports.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Coco Liu and Zheping Huang

August 11, 2021 at 6:18 AM UTC

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Few paid much attention when she first turned up at the center of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s packed cafeteria on Friday, a stack of leaflets in one hand and a megaphone in the other.

It had been more than a week since she accused her boss of sexual assault, and she was losing patience.