China #MeToo Activist Huang Expected to Be Sentenced for Subversion on Friday, Supporters Say

GUANGZHOU/BEIJING (Reuters) - Leading Chinese #MeToo activist Huang Xueqin and a fellow rights campaigner are expected to be found guilty of subversion and sentenced on Friday at a court in southern China, according to a group campaigning for their release. Huang, a 35-year-old independent journalist, has been imprisoned since 2021. She was put on trial with labour activist Wang Jianbing, 40, last year, accused of "inciting subversion of state power", her supporters said, citing people with knowledge of the case. The pair denied any wrongdoing during the closed-door trial, they...