This is part of a Tea Leaf Nation series covering gender issues in today’s China. Gender has recently been in China’s social media spotlight. On March 13, a university professor named He Guangshun wrote on Sina Weibo, China’s most popular micro-blogging platform: This morning, I was talking about something important during my class: It’s really [...]
This article also appears on The Atlantic, a Tea Leaf Nation partner site. Cool as glass, a young couple strolls into the Tiffany & Co. attached to Beijing’s four-star Peninsula Hotel, elegantly lit with custom crystal chandeliers. She grips his elbow; he’s aloof. Epitomizing urban affluence in today’s China, this proverbial male drives a slick car, owns a [...]
With gender suddenly a hot issue in China, anger over sex discrimination has generated what can only be called a world-class smackdown on Chinese social media. China’s media and blogosphere have roiled with the recent contrast between female taikonaut Liu Yang’s ascension to space with the forced abortion of rural resident Feng Jianmei’s seven-month-old fetus. Netizens [...]
With gender suddenly a hot issue in China, anger over sex discrimination has generated what can only be called a world-class smackdown on Chinese social media. China’s media and blogosphere have roiled with the recent contrast between female taikonaut Liu Yang’s ascension to space with the forced abortion of rural resident Feng Jianmei’s seven-month-old fetus. Netizens [...]
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