Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has fired a manager accused by an employee of rape after her account of the incident went viral on social media. Two of the company’s directors also resigned after mishandling the allegations. The scandal has prompted widespread criticism over the company’s response to the matter. The female employee went public on Aug. 7 with an 11-page statement posted on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo. She said she was coerced to go on a business trip on July 27. At night, she was pressured to consume alcohol excessively and molested by the client while her manager turned a blind eye, she said. Later, her manager came into the inebriated employee’s hotel room and raped her, according to the woman. The employee, who didn’t disclose her identity in the post, said the company didn’t take the matter seriously when she reported the assault with her husband on Aug. 2. …