Yue Xin (activist)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yue.

Yue Xin
岳昕
Born1995 or 1996 (age 28–29)
Beijing, China
Disappeared23 August 2018
Huizhou, Guangdong, China
StatusMissing for 6 years and 3 months
NationalityChinese
Alma materPeking University (BA)
Occupation(s)Student, activist
OrganizationJasic Workers Solidarity Group

Yue Xin (Chinese: 岳昕; born c. 1996) is a Chinese student activist and graduate from Peking University who disappeared on 23 August 2018,[1] following her participation in the Jasic labour dispute.[2] A Marxist and feminist, she was known for her advocacy of labour and women's rights prior to her disappearance.[3]

In April 2018, Yue led #MeToo-inspired protests against Peking University's attempted cover up of sexual assault allegations made against their staff.[4][5] Later that year, she joined striking workers at the Jasic Technology plant in Shenzhen and became a leading member of the Jasic Workers Solidarity Group.[6][7] Yue disappeared shortly afterwards and was last heard from in January 2019, when Guangdong police circulated a video of her confessing to various crimes and denouncing her own activism.[8][9]

BBC News described Yue as one of China's most influential left-wing activists of 2018.[2]

  1. ^ Guo, Rui; Lau, Mimi. "Fears for young Marxist activist missing after police raid in China". South China Morning Post.
  2. ^ a b 苒苒 (28 December 2018). "高压下崛起的中国左翼青年". BBC News 中文. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. ^ Wong, Sue-Lin. "Inspired by #MeToo, student activists target inequality in China". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  4. ^ Hernández, Javier C.; Zhao, Iris (24 April 2018). "Students Defiant as Chinese University Warns #MeToo Activist". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Zhou, Weile. "#MeToo movement in China: Powerful yet fragile". www.aljazeera.com.
  6. ^ "Why Beijing isn't Marxist enough for China's radical millennials". South China Morning Post. 24 May 2018.
  7. ^ Blanchette, Jude D. (2019). China's New Red Guard: The Return of Radicalism and the Rebirth of Mao Zedong. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 392.
  8. ^ "佳士工人聲援團：岳昕等4成員被迫拍認罪影片". www.cna.com.tw (in Chinese). 21 January 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  9. ^ Shepherd, Christian (21 January 2019). "At a top Chinese university, activist 'confessions' strike fear into students". Reuters. Retrieved 4 January 2021.