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China: Yunnan Naked Girl Seeking Justice
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Recently, “Yunnan Naked Girl” has become one of the hottest topic in the Chinese Internet world. A 21-year old girl, Peng Chunping decided to post her nude photos online in order to draw attention and help from the society. ESWN has translated a full report from Southern Weekend on the background of this girl, her petition journey and what she had been through in her “nude protest”.
According to Southern Weekend's story, Peng was an orphan whose father was sentenced to death penalty in 2000 because of murder and her mother left the village for work on the same year. In 2003, when Peng was 15-year old, she started her journey to find her mother. She returned 2 years later and found that her household registration and house had been taken away. She blamed her family misery to local government's oppression and started her petition journey.
She wrote blog, called major media, paid petition visit to county and provincial government and finally reached Beijing in June 2008. There she heard of the story of FurongJiejie or Sister Lotus - how she became famous by posting photos online. Since then she has published three sets of nude photos and attracted some media attention. Of course the focus was not in her injustice. Some reporters even directly or discretely indicated to her that her “injustice” were not valid. She would get angry and blame the reporters. The most recent development was about her sexual relation with a Yunnan reporter, who eventually disappointed her in his report on her story.There are many doubts about the credibility of Peng's story, for example, some comments on her personal blogsaid:如果是一件客观真实的事情，逻è¾'上是ä¸ä¼šå‡ºçŽ°è¿™ä¹ˆå¤šå¯ç¬'ç"šè‡³è'谬的ç»"æž„çš„ã€‚ä½ è¯´çš„ä¸œè¥¿å¯èƒ½æ˜¯çœŸçš„，但是那æˆåˆ†å°'å¾-å¯æ€œã€‚
If the story were true, there wouldn’t be so many funny even ridiculous loopholes. What you said was probably true, but that proportion of truth was too
small.
A Netease netizen even questioned her intention:å½æ˜¥å¹³å°±æ˜¯æƒ³éª-é'±â€¦â€¦å¥¹åœ¨æˆ'们这里就是åšå°å§çš„，到处éª-ç"·äººçš„é'±ï¼
Peng Chunping’s real intention is to defraud people…She is a local call-girl and has cheated money from her customers everywhere!
However some do take Peng's story seriously with sympathy as it told us a lot about the China society in the grassroots level, in particular the failure of grassroots social welfare. yghren pointed out that even she had psychological problem, the society should help her:å‡å¦‚她确实是æ- ç†å–é-¹ï¼Œå‡å¦‚她确实有神ç»ç-…，æˆ'们ã€æˆ'们的æ"¿åºœã€æˆ'们的妇è"就看ç€å¥¹è‡ªç"Ÿè‡ªçå-？
Suppose she is indeed making a scene of herself, and she is really a psycho, shall we, our government and our women federation do nothing and look at her falling into the
abyss of self-destruction?
In the comment section of her blog Liu Xu, a Sichuan netizen who had suffered from the
earthquake also blessed her:ç¥ç¦ä½ åƒå››å·äººæ‰¿å-地震ç¾å®³ä¸€æ ·åšå¼ºä¸å±ˆï¼Œä¸Žå人æ–-争到底ï¼ï¼ï¼ç›¸ä¿¡èƒœåˆ©ä¸€å®šå±žäºŽæ£ä¹‰çš„ï¼Œä¹Ÿæ˜¯å±žäºŽä½ çš„ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼
Please stay strong and indomitable, like what Sichuan people did during the Wenchuan Earthquake. We believe victory belongs to justice, as well as to you!
The role
and ethics of the media was again brought under the spotlight. A blog  written by é™å¤œæ€ï¼ˆCalm Night
Thoughts） response to Southern Weekend’s coverage discussed why the girl is willing to post her nude photos on line
and fall victims to vicious people again and again.é‚£ 什么是å½å°'女想è¦èŽ·å–的东西å'¢ï¼Ÿç"案åªæœ‰ä¸€ä¸ªï¼šå°±æ˜¯è®°è€…掌æ¡çš„è¯è¯æƒã€åª'ä½"具备的社会影å"力ï¼å½å°'女一年å‰è´´å‡ºè£¸ç…§ä¸Šæ¼"“裸女寻æ¯â€æ-¶å°±è¯´çš„很清楚：为了 åˆ¶é€ è½°åŠ¨æ•ˆåº"ï¼Œä¸ºäº†å¼•èµ·æ›´å¤šçš„äººä»¬çš„å…³æ³¨ï¼ ä¸€å¹´ä¹‹åŽï¼Œå½å°'女之所以愿æ„献身记者，å¯èƒ½æ˜¯å› 为其æ¸æ¸æ˜Žç™½ï¼šè‡ªå·±æ‰"æ‰"é-¹é-¹å›ºç„¶å¯ä»¥å£°å大噪，但这åˆèƒ½å¦‚何？想è¦çœŸæ£åœ°å¸å¼•çœ¼çƒã€è®©ç¤¾ä¼šå„界知æ™"自己，还 å¾-借助记者ã€åª'ä½"ã€‚å› ä¸ºè®°è€…æŽŒæ¡ç€è‡ªå·±ä¸å…·å¤‡çš„è¯è¯æƒã€åª'ä½"具备ç€è‡ªå·±æ°¸è¿œæ- 法ä¼åŠçš„社会影å"力。
What the girl wants most? The only answer is: the right of speech that reporters enjoy and the social influence that media produce. When Peng first displayed her naked photo
and started the “Naked Girl Seeking Mother†story, she made clear that her intention is to create social sensation and draw more people’s attention!
One year thereafter, when Peng was willing to make the sexual deal with the reporter, she probably understood although she could become famous by the buzz her naked photos made, then what? Only with
the aid of reporters and media can she really made herself (as well as the unfair treatment her family suffered) known to the society, as reporters are able to exercise the right of speech that she
doesn’t have, and she can never impose a social influence like the media.
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