'Stand together': support surges in China for student accusing JD.com tycoon of rape

Hashtag campaign on social media gathers force after Liu Jingyao sued Richard Liu for sexual assault in US China’s internet users have rall... thumbnail 1 summary

Hashtag campaign on social media gathers force after Liu Jingyao sued Richard Liu for sexual assault in US

China’s internet users have rallied behind a student who is pursuing a civil case against billionaire retail tycoon Richard Liu, who she accuses of rape.

Twenty-one-year-old University of Minnesota student Liu Jingyao, who has agreed to be named, has accused the JD.com chief executive of getting her drunk at a dinner and later raping her in her apartment in the US. The company – which is China’s second-largest e-commerce site and has been included in the suit – has dismissed the claim as “meritless” and said it would defend itself vigourously.

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2PLoUD5

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