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
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
The term "sheng nu" ("leftover women") has been recently coined in China to describe the increasing number of women, especially highly educated professional women in their late twenties and over who h
New York Times bestselling author Janet Dailey portrays the spirit of the American West -- and of men and women with hearts of pride and passion -- in two unforgettable novels.Western ManEver since s
Forty years ago in China, marriage was universal, compulsory, and a woman’s only means to a livelihood. Enter the one-child policy, which despite its horrors, resulted in China’s first generations of
Over 3 million women give birth each year in the United States and face the daunting task of dropping their unwanted leftover "baby weight." As a mother of two young children, a certified Spinning in
Three women, three countries, three storiesa Thai prisoner, a Cambodian entrepreneur and a Laotian Hmong refugees destinies are threaded together by the tears leftover from the Vietnam War. Beauty Ben
Plenty of vogue words from the booming nations of Asia are entering the English language. The Chinese have a name – shengnu, literally leftover – for the new phenomenon of unmarried women over thirty.