An American Lean-In Guru in China
Joy Chen got a glimpse of the limelight as a Los Angeles deputy mayor two decades ago, but it was nothing like the fame she has found in China urging women to forget what they’ve been taught about matrimony.
In China’s Booming Tech Scene, Women Battle Sexism and Conservative Values
Ms Li has a day job in the marketing department of one of China’s biggest tech firms.
Conversation
03.20.18
What Is the Significance of China’s #MeToo Movement?
As the #MeToo movement has swept America, it has also made waves in greater China. On the mainland, the most widely publicized incident involved Luo Xixi’s allegation in a January 2018 Weibo post that her professor at Beihang University, Chen...
Books
02.07.18
Leftover in China
Forty years ago, China enacted the one-child policy, only recently relaxed. Among many other unintended consequences, it resulted in both an enormous gender imbalance—with predictions of over 20 million more men than women of marriage age by 2020—and China’s first generations of only-daughters. Given the resources normally reserved for boys, these girls were pushed to study, excel in college, and succeed in careers, as if they were sons.
‘Me Too,’ Chinese Women Say. Not so Fast, Say the Censors.
They call themselves “silence breakers,” circulate petitions demanding investigations into sexual harassment and share internet memes like clenched fists with painted nails.
China Leads the March of Women Learning Business
In her early 20s Cindy Mi preferred long pencil skirts and severe blazers. She was managing her family education business and she projected authority by dressing conservatively.
More Working Women in China Freeze Their Eggs
Government limits fertility treatment, so career-focused women turn to U.S. for help in having babies.
China’s Entrenched Gender Gap
China’s figures for working women is high because it includes women working in the countryside, and unlike developed countries, nearly half of China’s population is still rural. The picture for urban women is very...
Between the Lines: Listening to Female Factory Workers in China
BSR
Women are crucial to China’s manufacturing sector. While women comprise more than 44% of the overall workforce, they represent about 60% of workers who migrate from rural areas to cities to work in factories. These female workers are diverse,...