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On October 10, according to a report by Sohu's Qianliyan, a male manager at a company in Tianjin was accused of sending obscene and explicit photos to a female subordinate. The woman's mother went to the company to show the photos to passersby and demand an explanation, and police officers arrived to handle the matter. Lawyer Zhou Zhaocheng said this constitutes sexual harassment, and the company has a duty to investigate and handle it.

New developments have emerged in the case of a 13-year-old girl in Yuncheng, Shanxi who was allegedly raped and whose case was initially refused registration. The case has now been transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution, and the discipline inspection department has opened an investigation into the handling police officers for refusing to open a case.

Chongqing University of Technology issued an announcement stating that Li resigned in July 2025 and is no longer a teacher at the school. It also explained the police's decision not to file a case and the procuratorate's review.

On the evening of June 28, 2026, Lin from Haoba Town, Junlian County, Sichuan Province was raped by town government staff Jie. The assault took place in the restroom of Lin's own barbecue shop. Police accepted the case on June 30. On July 16, the Junlian County Public Security Bureau refused to file the case, citing "no criminal facts occurred"; the criminal review on August 10 also refused to file. Later, the Yibin Public Security Bureau, on September 7, re‑examined and concluded that the case "had criminal facts," pointing out the county bureau's error and insufficient evidence, and revoked its decision not to file. Lin, after the case was not processed in time, attempted suicide by wrist‑cutting and was later diagnosed with severe depression. Suspect Jie denied the rape in an interview on September 11, calling it "a small misunderstanding" and saying the disciplinary committee had intervened. On the morning of September 12, Lin received a "Case Filing Notice" issued by the Junlian County Public Security Bureau.

On September 10, 2026, a Douyin user waiting at a hospital saw a man slap a woman sitting in a wheelchair with his palm, the sound extremely loud. The woman had a needle in her hand, picking up a shoe from the floor while retorting, “You keep hitting, hit me to death.” The man then snarled, “It cost me several thousand yuan to bring you to the hospital; believe it or not, I’ll kill you when we go back.” The netizen said the woman seemed accustomed to being beaten. No follow‑up handling of the incident was seen.

On August 26, an 18-year-old girl from Gansu went to Shenzhen to work to escape an arranged marriage. Her parents found her address through the local police station and hired people to forcibly take her back to Lanzhou across provinces. After Shenzhen bus drivers noticed something unusual, they called the police. The police identified the suspects and rescued the girl in Lanzhou across provinces.

On August 21, 2026, a horse ranch instructor in Qilian County, Qinghai, who had been placed under administrative detention for 13 days for molesting a female tourist, was found to have returned to work at the original ranch. The ranch said he was allowed to keep working because his wages had been paid in advance.

On July 26, after dining with a public official in Binjiang District, Hangzhou, a senior executive from the China Merchants Group moved the gathering to a private KTV room, where he forcefully molested a woman, causing her injuries rated as minor injury level two; on August 18, authorities announced that the two had been criminally detained and dismissed from their posts, that the discipline inspection commission had stepped in, and that the venue involved had been shut down.

On August 7, 2026, at the Weishan Torch Festival in Dali, Yunnan, a female tourist wearing a qipao was deliberately splashed with rosin by several strange men, who set her exposed skin on fire and burned her; the culture and tourism authority apologized.

On July 8, 2026, Li Jing, a victim of the case in which Chinese student Zhou Tong drugged and raped women while secretly filming them in Germany, spoke out publicly in an exclusive interview with BBC Chinese, recounting the ordeal and her psychological trauma, and calling for an end to the expectation that victims remain silent.

Mr. Li had previously issued an apology letter to Liao admitting to having non-consensual sexual behavior, and later sued Liao for defamation and sought compensation. The lawsuit was dismissed by the court in June 2026.

In the early hours of April 19, a 13-year-old girl in Yanhu District, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, was alleged by her family to have been sexually assaulted by a man. The family stated that the police refused to open a case.

Li, a former master's supervisor at Chongqing University of Technology, was accused of sexually assaulting public welfare advocate Liao in June 2025. After an investigation, the Wansheng Economic and Technological Development Zone Public Security Bureau concluded there was no criminal fact and decided not to file a case. The procuratorate also did not support the application for case-filing supervision.