China’s education reform drive is now targeting parents. A new law passed by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee will hold parents legally responsible for reducing their children’s homework and tutoring burdens....
Following a recent national edict requiring Chinese TV to be kept free from “sissy boys,” a sneering term for men with styles unbound by traditional conceptions of masculinity, the Beijing Municipal Radio and Television Bureau...
Once fêted at home and abroad as an emblem of China’s rising power, Alibaba has fallen on hard times. Spin-off Ant Group’s IPO was blocked at the eleventh hour by Xi Jinping’s personal fiat. Founder Jack Ma has all but...
Speaking at the Herstory conference this March as part of Chengdu’s Women’s Month, prominent women’s rights activist Xiao Meili shared the story of her 2,000km protest walk from Beijing to Guangzhou to raise...
On Chinese college campuses, International Women’s Day is preceded by “Girl’s Day,” a recent invention that often degrades the students it purports to honor. On March 7, male students hang banners around campus, many of which...
Weibo users this week hurled ridicule at a call from the Chinese Ministry of Education’s to prevent the “feminization” of boys by encouraging schools to hire more male gym teachers. The Ministry of Education’s statement was a...
Beijing-based women’s rights activist Xiao Meili recently introduced her friend Ma Hu with the first two parts of a three-part profile. Part one told the story of Ma Hu’s childhood, and how she dealt with her gender and sexual...
Beijing-based women’s rights activist Xiao Meili recently introduced her friend Ma Hu with the...
Beijing-based women’s rights activist Xiao Meili recently shared part one of a two-part...
Happy Women’s Day! A poster from China in 1960, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the day....
In their annual report “Attacks on the Press,” the Committee to Protect Journalists...
China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission announced on Wednesday that the...
The Guardian’s Tania Branigan describes the efforts of some Chinese women to battle...
As China places new restrictions on “critical” media coverage, Lu-Hai Liang and Dou...
In an op-ed at The Washington Post, Ruth Marcus laments the gender inequality preventing Chinese...
While media observers discuss the reasons for and handling of New York Times executive editor Jill...
In an interview with Shanghaiist, Leta Hong Fincher discusses the way China’s real estate...
Although women in China haven begun combating gender discrimination in the workplace, they...
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