Jianhua Win Feng)

“If you could only put your hand on the ground and say ‘I’ve been a victim of this crime and I’ve suffered from this crime,'” said Wu, “you might be able to change society to be less violent.”

Weiwei’s case is just the latest of dozens of rape cases in China where a woman’s identity was used to falsely charge the victim with a crime. The authorities have promised a crackdown, but experts say it’s unlikely the changes will be quick enough to significantly curb the problem.

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