Armed with blank paper, women from Beijing to Shanghai are leading a rare social movement.

In 2017, after the publication of an article in The New York Times that exposed Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein as a serial sexual harasser and abuser, the #MeToo movement went viral on social media and entered the history books.

Discrimination against the LGBTQ community in Asia makes tracking new clusters of monkeypox more difficult.

Cases of high-functioning autistic people exist, but are a rare part of the autistic experience.

Japan says apart from the risks to a woman’s health, an underweight body mass index could endanger newborn babies.

Plans for a nationwide sex offender registry for schools and universities would be the biggest change to laws on sexual assault in China in almost two decades, but some have criticised the absence of penalties for offenders.

Campaigners calling for HSBC to end its financing of fossil fuels interrupted the bank’s annual meeting in London.

Dozens of domestic workers who tested positive for Covid-19 have been left homeless and facing discrimination; crisis highlights need to revise rule forcing them to live in the same house as employers.

In the latest high-profile case of sexual misconduct to rock China a married doctor and medical academic who got a student pregnant has been fired from his university post after an investigation.

A child bride calling police to stop her own wedding, a man who murdered his two small children to make room for a ‘new family’ and other stories that stunned China since last Lunar New Year.

Activist says Beijing’s crackdown on feminists in recent years, coupled with male-dominated power, may push more women to fight back against oppression.

The former Crystal Palace defender questioned whether Chinese football can rebuild in a lengthy Weibo post viewed more than 1.3 million times.

As Kate Middleton approaches her 40th birthday, we look back at her top fashion choices and habit of repeating her favourite outfits, sometimes years later.

US government applies for three-month visas for 18 people to provide ‘security support operations’ at Beijing Games.

Proposed revision includes outlawing superstitious practices, and banning employers from asking female applicants about marital or pregnancy status.

Sophia Huang, who was awarded the UK scholarship, and her friend Wang Jianbing were arrested three months ago on suspicion of ‘inciting subversion of state power’.

Campaigners against sexual assault say the case is heartening despite the silencing of discussion inside the country.

In this issue of Global Impact, we look at the case of Chinese tennis pro Peng Shuai and summarises what we know so far. 

‘The IOC cares more about appeasing the Chinese Communist Party and the Olympics’ corporate sponsors than the well-being of Olympic tennis star Peng Shuai,’ says one of the lawmakers who introduced the resolution.

Steve Simon, the WTA’s chief executive, said ‘I don’t see how I can ask our athletes to compete in China’ as concerns for her welfare grow after sex assault allegation.