While the date-rape images have been reported to Twitter and it has since shut down some of the accounts, there have been growing calls for a police investigation.
Feminist blogger “Shaoxi” says she first heard about #ChinaWakeUp last week, after she was sent disturbing photos apparently showing Chinese women who had been drugged and raped.
A follower on microblogging site Weibo sent her the graphic images, saying Russian women were using the hashtag to expose Twitter accounts posting such photos to advertise date-rape drugs and pornographic videos.
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