Voluntas first known occurrence of performance art advocacy used in the Chinese women's movement (Interviews 7 and 8). Chinese ADV activists had learned a similar action undertaken in Turkey in November 2011 (Wang 2012)and wanted to implement a variation of it in the PRC to raise awareness of DV (Interview 7): We had seen a news feed about Turkey where they conducted such an activity. We immediately thought:that's great!Let's perform such an activity (Interview 7,translation by author). To stress the symbolism of the event,the Injured Brides'activism took place on Valentine's Day 2012.The day is widely perceived as a special date symbolizing the celebration of harmonious intimate relationships.Within the women's movement,and particularly the ADV movement,Valentine's Day is also significant as the date of the intemational VDaycampaign.VDay was initiated by Eve Ensler:inspired by reactions to her play,The Vagina Monologues,7 the campaign calls for creative,simultaneous actions worldwide on Valentine's Day to raise awareness of,and demand an end to,violence against women.During the Injured Brides event,DV was portrayed as symbolizing the dark side of intimate relationships,in sharp contrast to the romantic image of love that is commonly propagated on Valentine's Day.By using a topic relevant to every Chinese-love and marriage-and by contrasting the ideal of harmonious intimacy with DV,the activists hoped to draw attention to,and rally support against,DV(Interview 7). The activists chose the famous Qianmen pedestrian street as the location for their event.Qianmen is known as one of the last remnants of the business center of old Beijing and is one of the top locations for tourists to visit (Trip Advisor 2014).As such,the area's footfall is high and such a performance had the potential to reach a substantial audience: Qianmen (...)is also Beijing's business district and there a quite a lot of people on the streets.(Interview 8,translation by author). A lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender (LGBT)organization conducted an action promoting same-sex marriage on the same day at Qianmen(Interview 8).Drawing attention to two taboo topics in a public place on such a significant day was thought to increase media coverage and reduce potential risks of confrontation with authorities for both activist groups. Activism Accompanying the Final Hearing of Kim Lee's Divorce Case On the occasion of Kim Lee's's final court hearing-regarding her divorce from her husband Li Yang due to violent abuse-a group of young activists supported her 6 VDay and V-Day are often confused.The hyphenated V-Day is an abbreviation for Victory Day.which marked the end of World War II. 17C.f.http://www.vday.org/home Kim Lee is a US citizen married to the Chinese celebrity Li Yang,who is famous for his Crazy English language training centers all over China.In the autumn of 2011,Kim Lee disclosed the violent abuse that she had suffered at the hands of Li Yang on her Weibo account.She filed for divorce in a Chinese court ②Springerfirst known occurrence of performance art advocacy used in the Chinese women’s movement (Interviews 7 and 8). Chinese ADV activists had learned a similar action undertaken in Turkey in November 2011 (Wang 2012) and wanted to implement a variation of it in the PRC to raise awareness of DV (Interview 7): We had seen a news feed about Turkey where they conducted such an activity. We immediately thought: that’s great! Let’s perform such an activity (Interview 7, translation by author). To stress the symbolism of the event, the Injured Brides’ activism took place on Valentine’s Day 2012. The day is widely perceived as a special date—情人节— symbolizing the celebration of harmonious intimate relationships. Within the women’s movement, and particularly the ADV movement, Valentine’s Day is also significant as the date of the international ‘V Day’16 campaign. V Day was initiated by Eve Ensler; inspired by reactions to her play, The Vagina Monologues, 17 the campaign calls for creative, simultaneous actions worldwide on Valentine’s Day to raise awareness of, and demand an end to, violence against women. During the Injured Brides event, DV was portrayed as symbolizing the dark side of intimate relationships, in sharp contrast to the romantic image of love that is commonly propagated on Valentine’s Day. By using a topic relevant to every Chinese—love and marriage—and by contrasting the ideal of harmonious intimacy with DV, the activists hoped to draw attention to, and rally support against, DV (Interview 7). The activists chose the famous Qianmen pedestrian street as the location for their event. Qianmen is known as one of the last remnants of the business center of old Beijing and is one of the top locations for tourists to visit (Trip Advisor 2014). As such, the area’s footfall is high and such a performance had the potential to reach a substantial audience: Qianmen (…) is also Beijing’s business district and there a quite a lot of people on the streets. (Interview 8, translation by author). A lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organization conducted an action promoting same-sex marriage on the same day at Qianmen (Interview 8). Drawing attention to two taboo topics in a public place on such a significant day was thought to increase media coverage and reduce potential risks of confrontation with authorities for both activist groups. Activism Accompanying the Final Hearing of Kim Lee’s Divorce Case On the occasion of Kim Lee’s18 final court hearing—regarding her divorce from her husband Li Yang due to violent abuse—a group of young activists supported her 16 V Day and V-Day are often confused. The hyphenated V-Day is an abbreviation for Victory Day, which marked the end of World War II. 17 C.f. http://www.vday.org/home. 18 Kim Lee is a US citizen married to the Chinese celebrity Li Yang, who is famous for his Crazy English language training centers all over China. In the autumn of 2011, Kim Lee disclosed the violent abuse that she had suffered at the hands of Li Yang on her Weibo account. She filed for divorce in a Chinese court Voluntas 123