Chinese journalist who promoted #MeToo jailed

Chinese journalist Huang Xueqin holds up a #MeToo sign in Singapore in 2017 (Free Huang Xueqin && Wang Jianbing via AP)

A Chinese journalist who promoted women’s rights as part of the country’s nascent #MeToo movement has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of incitement to subvert state authority, almost three years after she and an activist were detained.

The verdict stated that Huang Xueqin would also face a fine of 100,000 yuan (around £10,800), underlining the ruling Communist Party’s intolerance of any activism outside its control in a system whose upper echelons are dominated by men.