PALO ALTO, U.S. -- It began as a night out with friends, and a polite request to stop smoking. It ended with death threats, lawsuits, and a life upended by China's social media rage machine.
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Xiao Meili asked a man to stop smoking -- China's right wing went berserk
How a feminist activist incited a mob of misogynist netizens
Feminist activist Xiao Meili, 32, incurred the wrath of right-wing Chinese nationalists "just because I didn't want to inhale secondhand smoke." © Reuters
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