Celebrating Women: A Reading List
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LatestPerpetuating Gender Norms in the State and in the Home
In the Washington Post, Leta Hong Fincher, author of the forthcoming “Betraying Big Brother:...
LGBT Apps, Events Shut Down in China
Even as some netizens praise Taiwan for becoming “China’s first region to legalize...
Mixed Fears for Rights Protection in New Civil Code
On Wednesday, the National People’s Congress took a step towards the creation of China’s first...
Minitrue: Don’t Hype Actor’s Affair Accusations
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
China Passes First Domestic Violence Law
Over the weekend, the Chinese government passed the country’s first ever national anti-domestic...
“Intermarriage Campaigns a Continuation of Colonialism”
Last year it was reported that officials were encouraging interethnic marriage in the ethnically...
Leta Hong Fincher on Women in Today’s China
On her blog China Law and Policy, Elizabeth Lynch interviews Leta Hong Fincher about her book...
100 Vietnamese Brides Disappear from Hebei Village
China currently has a gender ratio of 117 men to 100 women, leading men in rural areas of China to...
State Council Drafts Country’s First Domestic Violence Law
After years of campaigning by women’s rights activists, the State Council has drafted the...
Xinjiang County Offers Cash for Inter-Ethnic Marriages
After reports on an official campaign encouraging marriage between ethnic Tibetans and Han in the...
Social Cohesion by Myth and Marriage in Western China
With deep-seated ethnic tensions on prominent display in China’s far west, Andrew Jacobs...
No Regrets For Choice of Independence Over Marriage
From The Guardian’s Tania Branigan: At 85, Liang is a rare survivor of a custom stretching...
What Kind Of A Place Is Zhaoyuan?
At China Change, journalist Shun Ni describes the negative changes she has experienced firsthand...
CDT Bookshelf: Interview with Leta Hong Fincher
Leta Hong Fincher’s first book Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China (Zed...
In Slickness and in Wealth
ChinaFile has posted a slideshow of photos by Guillaume Herbaut of wedding photography sessions, a...
Problems Persist for China’s Single Mothers
The Guardian’s Tania Branigan writes that although attitudes may be shifting, unmarried...
Tired Of Being Alone?: Singles’ Day Offers A Fix
At Foreign Policy Liz Carter explains that while lonely Americans “have Reddit and...
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