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Angela Meng was reporting on politics for South China Morning Post in Hong Kong when she met Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in 2014.
A scheduled interview became a traumatic encounter, which left her lurching through suspicion, anger and moral outrage.
In the years since, she has tried to find the words to make sense of that moment in a Hong Kong hotel room.
Her essay is a powerful must-read.
The Lunar team

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