Brides For Sale: Vietnamese Women Trafficked To China
While China grapples with the economic and demographic consequences of its family planning...
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Tired Of Being Alone?: Singles’ Day Offers A Fix
At Foreign Policy Liz Carter explains that while lonely Americans “have Reddit and...
Read MoreWhat is Real Beauty in China?
Beauty products company Dove is taking their “Real Beauty” campaign to China. The campaign aims “to challenge beauty stereotypes and invite women to join a discussion about beauty.” It has been rolled out in the USA, Canada,...
Read MoreAuthor Addresses China’s “Leftover Women”
The issue of so-called leftover women, or women who remain unmarried in their late 20s, is again in the media spotlight thanks to a bilingual book by Joy Chen titled, “Do Not Marry Before Age 30.” American Public...
Read MoreAn Interview with Zeng Jinyan
At The China Story, Elisa Nesossi talks to Zeng Jinyan about activism, human rights, filmmaking and blogging. Zeng highlights the underappreciated contributions and sacrifices of female activists and family members, as well as...
Read MoreAllegations Against Zhang Yimou Spark Controversy
A public debate has emerged in recent years over the one-child policy, as high-profile cases of forced abortions and other abuses have led to public protests. Author Ma Jian recently wrote about the draconian enforcement tactics...
Read MoreRejecting the “Leftover Women” Label
As the marriage market in China grows more competitive due to a surplus of men, some Chinese single ladies are starting to challenge the label of “leftover women”, a term used to describe unmarried women in their...
Read MoreEconomic Progress Heightens Marriage Burden
Brooke Larmer of The New York Times chronicles the matchmaking efforts of two men at opposite ends of the wealth spectrum in China, where “love hunters” and other services now dot an evolving marriage landscape:...
Read MoreChina’s Biggest Problem? Too Many Men
Rob Brooks, professor of evolution at New South Wales University in Australia, looks to the surplus of men over women in China as a potential threat to social stability. From CNN: A long history of son preference, particularly...
Read More‘An Urgent Call to Immediately Scrap the One-Child Policy’
As netizens express overwhelming support for family planning reform and recent comments from the former minister of the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC) hint that the one-child policy may soon undergo...
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