Last year, the tale of China’s “Uncle Red” was a hot topic on social media. On July 5, 2025, police in Nanjing, China, shared that they arrested a 38-year-old man, last name Jiao, for spreading obscene material. The mainland media reported that Jiao, who has been nicknamed “Uncle Red” and “Red Sister,” installed a hidden camera in his home and filmed himself having sex with male visitors while pretending to be a woman.
In China, spreading obscene material carries a sentence of up to two years, while the knowing transmission of sexually transmitted infections or diseases (STIs/STDs) can have a punishment of 3-10 years in prison, resulting in a legal case involving Jiao.
Updates surrounding the case have been few and far between until a recent sighting of Jiao was reported online.
According to an update from a netizen, Uncle Red was spotted in a department store in Guangzhou trying on women’s clothes.
Guangzhou is 1,080 km (670 miles) from Nanjing, where Jiao was arrested, so it is possible he has since relocated.
There have been no further updates in the legal case surrounding Jiao.
