After the 1949 revolution in China, Chairman Mao famously proclaimed that “women hold up half the sky.” In the early years of the People’s Republic, the Communist Party sought to transform gender rela
A feminist movement clashing with China's authoritarian government On the eve of International Women’s Day in 2015, the Chinese government arrested five feminist activists and jailed them for th
After the 1949 revolution in China, Chairman Mao famously proclaimed that “women hold up half the sky.” In the early years of the People’s Republic, the Communist Party sought to transform gender rela
‘Scattered with inspiring life-stories of courageous women.’The GuardianIn the early years of the People’s Republic, the Communist Party sought to transform gender relations. Yet those gains have been
