‘Shameless’: Fired Shanghai man who tried to kiss, touch woman colleague on Paris business trip, says being in ‘capital of romance’ aroused him, gets slammed online

Man grabs woman’s wrists, ankles as she tries to repel Paris hotel room advances. Pressure mounts for tougher legal sanctions against sexual harassment at work, school in China. — SCMP

Growing public awareness about sexual harassment at work in China has led to the emergence of fresh details in a case involving a man who was fired for asking a female colleague for a kiss on a business trip to France.

The man was fired for his behaviour by a Shanghai company after he tried to justify his actions by claiming he made the approach because “Paris is the capital of romance”.