Chinese women were viciously beaten in public, after resisting sexual advances

• The shocking video of women being abused in a Chinese restaurant has sparked a debate about misogynistic violence in the country.
• In a restaurant, nine guys viciously assaulted a group of four females.
• A man is approached over to a seated woman and placed his hand on her back.
• He smacks her afterwards.
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The shocking video of women being abused in a Chinese restaurant has sparked a debate about misogynistic violence in the country.

In a restaurant, nine guys viciously assaulted a group of four females after one of them refused to be sexually harassed.

A man is seen approaching over to a seated woman and placing his hand on her back in CCTV footage obtained in the northeastern city of Tangshan.

He continues to stand over her even when she pushes his hand away, smacking her in the face when she asks him to leave.

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Several more guys participate in the assault, with one being battered with a chair and another being carried out of the restaurant by her hair.

According to sources, it happened about 2.40 a.m. on June 10.

Officials said two women suffered non-life threatening injuries and were being treated in a hospital.

According to a police update, all nine suspects in the case had been apprehended as of Saturday afternoon, and an investigation is underway.

The video went viral on Chinese social media, bringing attention to violence against women in China.

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The video took up six of the top trending topic spaces on Weibo, which has over half a million subscribers.

State television, in a quick online commentary, urged for the culprits to be harshly punished.

On Saturday, a widely circulated WeChat post questioned the official characterization of the assault as a simple act of violence.

‘This happened in a society where violence against women is prevalent,’ the anonymous post claimed.

Ignoring and suppressing the gender viewpoint is to downplay the violence that individuals – particularly women – face.’

China Women’s News, published by the All-China Women’s Federation, said in a commentary on Saturday that ‘there can only, and must only, be zero tolerance for such vicious cases of serious violations of women’s rights and interests’.

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