Writing as a mode to fight back
“Big Character Poster” –In support of Fighter Yue Xin In April this year, students in China's Beijing University are fighting for their freedom of speech and rights to know the truth on social media. It all started from an old case 20 years ago. A promising sophomore girl at Beijing University, named Gao Yan, killed herself in March, 1998, soon after she was sexually violated by one of her respected professors, Shen Yang, who later denied his conduct and slandered her as a lunatic while keeping sexual relationships with other girls. The school authority relied purely on the professor's unilateral story and simply gave him a warning as a punishment based on his “inappropriate relationship with students”. However, this didn't seem to jeopardize Shen's career at all. He went to work at another university and for the following 20 years, he fared well and was promoted to a prestigious position. The poor girl's suffering wouldn't have been known to the public i
