‘Sperm bank and plastic surgery saviours of single women’: China outraged by influencer couple’s ‘frivolous’ and ‘disrespectful’ gender talk


Zhang Xiaonian has more than 900,000 followers on Weibo, where she shares videos of her experiences, life advice and feminism. ‘Every sentence was beyond my imagination, and every scene was a shocker,’ says one commenter on the couple’s viral video. — SCMP

A self-proclaimed feminist influencer in China is under fire after sharing on social media a video conversation with her boyfriend being described as “frivolous”, lacking any awareness of gender issues and “disrespectful” to women.

Zhang Xiaonian has more than 900,000 followers on Weibo, where she shares short videos about her daily life, advice and feminism.

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