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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Marriage_and_family_planning"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Marriage and family planning</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Marriage_and_family_planning-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Policies_on_divorce" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Policies_on_divorce"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Policies on divorce</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Policies_on_divorce-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Second_wives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Second_wives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Second wives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Second_wives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Health_care" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Health_care"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Health care</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Health_care-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ethnic_and_religious_minorities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ethnic_and_religious_minorities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Ethnic and religious minorities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ethnic_and_religious_minorities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Population_control" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Population_control"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Population control</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Population_control-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Population control subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Population_control-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-One-child_policy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#One-child_policy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>One-child policy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-One-child_policy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sex-selective_abortion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sex-selective_abortion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Sex-selective abortion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sex-selective_abortion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Iron_Fist_Campaign" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Iron_Fist_Campaign"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Iron Fist Campaign</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iron_Fist_Campaign-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Property_ownership" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Property_ownership"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Property ownership</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Property_ownership-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Employment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Employment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Employment</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Employment-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Employment subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Employment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Rural_work" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rural_work"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Rural work</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rural_work-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Urban_and_migrant_work" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Urban_and_migrant_work"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Urban and migrant work</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Urban_and_migrant_work-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stereotypically_"feminine"_jobs_and_professions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stereotypically_"feminine"_jobs_and_professions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Stereotypically "feminine" jobs and professions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stereotypically_"feminine"_jobs_and_professions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Women_executives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Women_executives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Women executives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Women_executives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Female_Billionaires" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Female_Billionaires"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>Female Billionaires</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Female_Billionaires-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Women_in_politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Women_in_politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Women in politics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Women_in_politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Crimes_against_women" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Crimes_against_women"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Crimes against women</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Crimes_against_women-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Crimes against women subsection</span> </button> <ul 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</li> <li id="toc-Trafficking" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Trafficking"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.4</span> <span>Trafficking</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Trafficking-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Prostitution" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Prostitution"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.5</span> <span>Prostitution</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Prostitution-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Works_cited" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Works_cited"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1</span> <span>Works cited</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Works_cited-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks plainlist"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of a series on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle">Women in society</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Venus_symbol_(heavy_pink).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Venus symbol"><img alt="Venus symbol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Venus_symbol_%28heavy_pink%29.svg/80px-Venus_symbol_%28heavy_pink%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Venus_symbol_%28heavy_pink%29.svg/120px-Venus_symbol_%28heavy_pink%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Venus_symbol_%28heavy_pink%29.svg/160px-Venus_symbol_%28heavy_pink%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#e4daed;padding:0.15em 0 0 0.4em;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)">Society</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_history" title="Women's history">Women's history</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Legal_rights_of_women_in_history" title="Legal rights of women in history">legal rights</a>)</span></li></ul> <dl><dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Woman" title="Woman">Woman</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_and_animal_advocacy" title="Women and animal advocacy">Animal advocacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_business" title="Women in business">Business</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Female_entrepreneurs" title="Female entrepreneurs">Female entrepreneurs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gender_representation_on_corporate_boards_of_directors" title="Gender representation on corporate boards of directors"><span class="wrap">Gender representation on corporate boards of directors</span></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diversity_(politics)" title="Diversity (politics)">Diversity (politics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diversity,_equity,_and_inclusion" title="Diversity, equity, and inclusion">Diversity, equity, and inclusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_development" title="Women in development">Economic development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_women_explorers_and_travelers" title="List of women explorers and travelers">Explorers and travelers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Female_education" title="Female education">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feminism" title="Feminism">Feminism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Womyn" title="Womyn">Womyn</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_government" title="Women in government">Government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Women in conservatism in the United States">Conservatives in the US</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_elected_and_appointed_female_heads_of_state_and_government" title="List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government">Heads of state or government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_legislatures_by_female_members" title="List of legislatures by female members">Legislators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_regnant" title="Queen regnant">Queen regnant</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_women_monarchs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of women monarchs">List</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_health" title="Women's health">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_journalism" title="Women in journalism">Journalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_law" title="Women in law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_law_enforcement" title="Women in law enforcement">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_military" title="Women in the military">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mother" title="Mother">Mother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_Nobel_laureates" title="List of female Nobel laureates">Nobel Prize laureates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_piracy" title="Women in piracy">Piracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_positions_of_power" title="Women in positions of power">Positions of power</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reproductive_rights" title="Reproductive rights">Reproductive rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_venture_capital" title="Women in venture capital">Venture capital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Violence_against_women" title="Violence against women">Violence and abuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage" title="Women's suffrage">Voting rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_workforce" title="Women in the workforce">Workforce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exchange_of_women" title="Exchange of women">Exchange of women</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#e4daed;padding:0.15em 0 0 0.4em;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_science" title="Women in science">Science</a></li><li>Technology</li></ul></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_computing" title="Women in computing">Computing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_engineering" title="Women in engineering">Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_geology" title="Women in geology">Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_medicine" title="Women in medicine">Medicine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_dentistry" title="Women in dentistry">dentistry</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_dentistry_in_the_United_States" title="Women in dentistry in the United States">in the United States</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_organizations_for_women_in_science" title="List of organizations for women in science">Organizations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_science" title="Women in science">Science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_STEM_fields" title="Women in STEM fields"><span class="wrap">Science, technology, engineering and mathematics</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_space" title="Women in space">Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_telegraphy" title="Women in telegraphy">Telegraphy</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#e4daed;padding:0.15em 0 0 0.4em;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_artists" title="Women artists">Arts</a></li><li>Humanities</li></ul></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_architecture" title="Women in architecture">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_artists" title="Women artists">Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_art_history_field" title="Women in the art history field">Art history field</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_cinema" title="Women's cinema">Women's cinema</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_dance" title="Women in dance">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_film" title="Women in film">Film</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chick_flick" title="Chick flick">"Chick flicks"</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_artists" title="Women artists">Fine arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_writing_(literary_category)" title="Women's writing (literary category)">Literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_speculative_fiction" title="Women in speculative fiction">Science fiction</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_philosophy" title="Women in philosophy">Philosophy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feminist_philosophy" title="Feminist philosophy">Feminist philosophy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_photographers" title="Women photographers">Photographers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_music" title="Women in music">Music</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_jazz" title="Women in jazz">Jazz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_punk_rock" title="Women in punk rock">Punk rock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Shakespeare%27s_works" title="Women in Shakespeare's works">In Shakespeare's works</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#e4daed;padding:0.15em 0 0 0.4em;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_and_religion" title="Women and religion">Religion</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_as_theological_figures" title="Women as theological figures">Theological figures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith_and_gender_equality" title="Baháʼí Faith and gender equality">Baháʼí Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Bible" title="Women in the Bible">Bible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Buddhism" title="Women in Buddhism">Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Christianity" title="Women in Christianity">Christianity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Women in the Catholic Church">Catholicism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_women" title="Mormonism and women">Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Opus_Dei" title="Women in Opus Dei">Opus Dei</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Hinduism" title="Women in Hinduism">Hinduism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Islam" title="Women in Islam">Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Judaism" title="Women in Judaism">Judaism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Sikhism" title="Women in Sikhism">Sikhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Taoism" title="Women in Taoism">Taoism</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#e4daed;padding:0.15em 0 0 0.4em;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)">Popular culture</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Female_comics_creators" title="Female comics creators">Comics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portrayal_of_women_in_American_comics" title="Portrayal of women in American comics">Portrayal in American comics</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_film" title="Women in film">Film industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_music" title="Women in music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_piracy#Pirate_women_in_fiction" title="Women in piracy">Fictional pirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_speculative_fiction" title="Women in speculative fiction">Speculative fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_and_video_games" title="Women and video games">Video games</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gender_representation_in_video_games" title="Gender representation in video games">Gender representation in video games</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#e4daed;padding:0.15em 0 0 0.4em;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_sports" title="Women's sports">Sports</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Auto_racing" title="Auto racing">Auto racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_baseball" title="Women in baseball">Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_basketball" title="Women's basketball">Basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_boxing" title="Women's boxing">Boxing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_cricket" title="Women's cricket">Cricket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curling" title="Curling">Curling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycle_sport" title="Cycle sport">Cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fastpitch_softball" title="Fastpitch softball">Fastpitch softball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_association_football" title="Women's association football">Football / soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Women's major golf championships">Golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gymnastics" title="Gymnastics">Gymnastics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_lacrosse" title="Women's lacrosse">Lacrosse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_mixed_martial_arts" title="Women's mixed martial arts">Mixed martial arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netball" title="Netball">Netball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paralympic_Games" title="Paralympic Games">Paralympic Games</a></li> <li>Rodeo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roller_derby" title="Roller derby">Roller derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rowing" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's rowing">Rowing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_surfing" title="Women's surfing">Surfing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_(sport)" title="Swimming (sport)">Swimming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_tennis" title="Women's tennis">Tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">Track and field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">Volleyball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winter_sports" title="Winter sports">Winter sports</a><br /></li></ul> See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_sports" title="List of sports">List of sports</a></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#e4daed;padding:0.15em 0 0 0.4em;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Category:Women_by_country" title="Category:Women by country">By country</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Afghanistan" title="Women in Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Albania" title="Women in Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Algeria" title="Women in Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Andorra" title="Women in Andorra">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Angola" title="Women in Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Argentina" title="Women in Argentina">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Armenia" title="Women in Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Australia" title="Women in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Azerbaijan" title="Women in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Bahrain" title="Women in Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Bangladesh" title="Women in Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Belgium" title="Women in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Benin" title="Women in Benin">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Bhutan" title="Women in Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Bolivia" class="mw-redirect" title="Women in Bolivia">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="Women in Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Brunei" title="Women in Brunei">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Bulgaria" title="Women in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Cambodia" title="Women in Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Chad" title="Women in Chad">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Chile" title="Women in Chile">Chile</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Colombia" title="Women in Colombia">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Comoros" title="Women in the Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Croatia" title="Women in Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Cuba" title="Women in Cuba">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Cyprus" title="Women in Cyprus">Cyprus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Women_in_Northern_Cyprus" title="Women in Northern Cyprus">North</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Denmark" title="Women in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo">DR Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Dominican_Republic" title="Women in the Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Ecuador" title="Women in Ecuador">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Egypt" title="Women in Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_El_Salvador" class="mw-redirect" title="Women in El Salvador">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_East_Timor" title="Women in East Timor">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Ethiopia" title="Women in Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia" title="Women in the Federated States of Micronesia">FS Micronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Fiji" title="Women in Fiji">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Finland" title="Women in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_France" title="Women in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Women in Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Germany" title="Women in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Ghana" title="Women in Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Greece" title="Women in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Guatemala" class="mw-redirect" title="Women in Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Guyana" title="Women in Guyana">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Haiti" title="Women in Haiti">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Honduras" class="mw-redirect" title="Women in Honduras">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Iceland" title="Women in Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Italy" title="Women in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_India" title="Women in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Indonesia" title="Women in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Iran" title="Women in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Iraq" title="Women in Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Israel" title="Women in Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Ivory_Coast" title="Women in Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Japan" title="Women in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Jordan" title="Women in Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Kazakhstan" title="Women in Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Kenya" title="Women in Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Kiribati" title="Women in Kiribati">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Kuwait" title="Women in Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Kyrgyzstan" title="Women in Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Laos" title="Women in Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Lebanon" title="Women in Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Libya" title="Women in Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Madagascar" title="Women in Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Malaysia" title="Women in Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Maldives" title="Women in the Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Mali" title="Women in Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Marshall_Islands" title="Women in the Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Mauritania" title="Women in Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Mauritius" title="Women in Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Mexico" title="Women in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Mongolia" 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United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States" title="Women in the United States">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Uruguay" title="Women in Uruguay">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Uzbekistan" title="Women in Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Vanuatu" title="Women in Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Vatican_City" title="Women in Vatican City">Vatican City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Venezuela" title="Women in Venezuela">Venezuela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Vietnam" title="Women in Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Yemen" title="Women in Yemen">Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_women" title="Kurdish women">Kurdistan</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style 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abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Women_in_society_sidebar" title="Template:Women in society sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Women_in_society_sidebar" title="Template talk:Women in society sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Women_in_society_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Women in society sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Women in China</b> make up approximately 49% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In modern China, the lives of women have changed significantly due to the late <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing dynasty</a> reforms, the changes of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republican period</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a>, and the rise of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> (PRC).<sup id="cite_ref-:102_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:102-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like women in many other cultures, women in China have been historically oppressed.<sup id="cite_ref-:04_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:04-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For thousands of years, women in China lived under the <a href="/wiki/Patriarchy" title="Patriarchy">patriarchal</a> social order characterized by the <a href="/wiki/Confucius" title="Confucius">Confucius</a> teaching of "<a href="/wiki/Filial_piety" title="Filial piety">filial piety</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-:04_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:04-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Achievement of women's liberation has been on the agenda of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a> (CCP) since the beginning of the PRC.<sup id="cite_ref-:04_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:04-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:13_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:13-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Revolution" title="Chinese Communist Revolution">Chinese Communist Revolution</a> in 1949, <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party">Chairman</a> <a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a> replaced the common use of the term "女人" [nüren] with "妇女" [funü] as he famously said "妇女 [funü] 能顶半边天" (Women hold up half the sky).<sup id="cite_ref-:13_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:13-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "妇女" [funü] is a term for labouring women, which signifies the revolutionary role that women play in the liberation of China. The first celebration of "妇女节" (<a href="/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day" title="International Women's Day">International Women's Day</a>) immediately after the establishment of CCP consolidated the representational strategies associated with "妇女" [funü].<sup id="cite_ref-:13_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:13-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the Mao era, many policies were carried out to promote gender equality. The <a href="/wiki/New_Marriage_Law" title="New Marriage Law">New Marriage Law</a> passed on May 1, 1950 outlawed forced marriage and concubinage.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last few regional practices of foot-binding died out, with the last case of foot-binding reported in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Great_Leap_Forward" class="mw-redirect" title="The Great Leap Forward">The Great Leap Forward</a>, while focusing on improving total productivity, created work opportunities for women. However, they still remained as peripheral roles and rarely climbed up to positions of decision-making.<sup id="cite_ref-:22_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The representation of women as "iron women" who worked restlessly in workplaces dismissed the unalleviated domestic burden that women were still forced to take and homogenized the individuality of women.<sup id="cite_ref-:22_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:04_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:04-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In contemporary China, although women's rights in China have improved tremendously, women still suffer a lower status compared with men.<sup id="cite_ref-:04_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:04-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:102_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:102-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under <a href="/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party">CCP general secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a>, the gains of women have dropped compared to previous leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-:102_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:102-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After witnessing the growing feminist movements in China, the <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Xi Jinping Administration">government under Xi</a> shut down many activist NGOs and censored feminist platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-:102_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:102-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Feminism has been viewed by nationalists as a toxic Western ideology.<sup id="cite_ref-:102_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:102-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Xi Jinping has encouraged women to "actively foster a new type of marriage and childbearing culture."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_development"><span lang="ka" dir="ltr">Historical development</span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Historical development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Women_in_ancient_and_imperial_China" title="Women in ancient and imperial China">Women in ancient and imperial China</a> and <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_marriage" title="Traditional Chinese marriage">Traditional Chinese marriage</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Tang_Dynasty_Empress_Wu_Zetian.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/A_Tang_Dynasty_Empress_Wu_Zetian.JPG/220px-A_Tang_Dynasty_Empress_Wu_Zetian.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/A_Tang_Dynasty_Empress_Wu_Zetian.JPG/330px-A_Tang_Dynasty_Empress_Wu_Zetian.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/A_Tang_Dynasty_Empress_Wu_Zetian.JPG 2x" data-file-width="347" data-file-height="393" /></a><figcaption>Empress <a href="/wiki/Wu_Zetian" title="Wu Zetian">Wu Zetian</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_and_Imperial_China">Ancient and Imperial China</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ancient and Imperial China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Pre-modern Chinese society was predominantly <a href="/wiki/Patriarchal" class="mw-redirect" title="Patriarchal">patriarchal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patrilineal" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrilineal">patrilineal</a> from the 11th century B.C. onward.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWu200986_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWu200986-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The freedoms and opportunities available to women varied depending on the time period and regional situation. Women's status, like men's, was closely tied to the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_kin" title="Chinese kin">Chinese kinship system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeightley19992_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeightley19992-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the ancient Chinese views, the family structure is the micro-system of the political system. Therefore, loyalty towards the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_China" title="Emperor of China">Emperor</a> is the same as the women inside the family who should obey their husbands to fulfilled the rule that had been set up for a long tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A prejudiced preference for sons has long existed in China, leading to high rates of <a href="/wiki/Female_infanticide" title="Female infanticide">female infanticide</a>. There was also a strong tradition of restricting women's <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_movement" title="Freedom of movement">freedom of movement</a>, particularly that of upper-class women, which manifested through the practice of <a href="/wiki/Foot_binding" title="Foot binding">foot binding</a>. However, the legal and social status of women has greatly changed in the 20th century, especially in the 1970s, after the <a href="/wiki/One-child_policy" title="One-child policy">one-child</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chinese_economic_reform" title="Chinese economic reform">opening-up</a> policies were enacted.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cernuschi_Museum_20060812_164.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Cernuschi_Museum_20060812_164.jpg/220px-Cernuschi_Museum_20060812_164.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Cernuschi_Museum_20060812_164.jpg/330px-Cernuschi_Museum_20060812_164.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Cernuschi_Museum_20060812_164.jpg/440px-Cernuschi_Museum_20060812_164.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Figurines of women, <a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buste_de_suivante_(Mus%C3%A9e_Cernuschi)_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Buste_de_suivante_%28Mus%C3%A9e_Cernuschi%29_01.jpg/220px-Buste_de_suivante_%28Mus%C3%A9e_Cernuschi%29_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Buste_de_suivante_%28Mus%C3%A9e_Cernuschi%29_01.jpg/330px-Buste_de_suivante_%28Mus%C3%A9e_Cernuschi%29_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Buste_de_suivante_%28Mus%C3%A9e_Cernuschi%29_01.jpg/440px-Buste_de_suivante_%28Mus%C3%A9e_Cernuschi%29_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="6000" /></a><figcaption>Polychrome bust of a woman, <a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Older Chinese traditions surrounding marriage included many ritualistic steps. During the <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han dynasty</a>, a marriage lacking a <a href="/wiki/Dowry" title="Dowry">dowry</a> or betrothal gift was seen as dishonorable. Only after gifts were exchanged would a marriage proceed; and the bride would be taken to live in the ancestral home of the new husband. Here, a wife was expected to live with the entirety of her husband's family and to follow all of their rules and beliefs. Many families followed the <a href="/wiki/Confucian" class="mw-redirect" title="Confucian">Confucian</a> teachings regarding honoring their elders. These rituals were passed down from father to son. Official family lists were compiled, containing the names of all the sons and wives. Brides who did not produce a son were written out of family lists. When a husband died, the bride was seen as the property of her spouse's family. <a href="/wiki/Ransoms" class="mw-redirect" title="Ransoms">Ransoms</a> were set by some brides' families to get their daughters back, though never with her children, who remained with her husband's family.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late Qing dynasty period, extramarital sex by women and fornication (a label typically used to refer to pre-marital sex) by women were criminalized.<sup id="cite_ref-:25_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:25-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 41">: 41 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Developments_in_early_20th_century">Developments in early 20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Developments in early 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Traditional family structures, including a multi-generational household in which paternal grandmothers dominated household life, persisted into the early years of the Republic of China.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1880s and 1890s, both male and female Chinese reformist intellectuals, concerned with the development of China to a modern country, raised feminist issues and gender equality in public debate; schools for girls were founded, a feminist press emerged, and the <a href="/wiki/Foot_Emancipation_Society" title="Foot Emancipation Society">Foot Emancipation Society</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tian_Zu_Hui" title="Tian Zu Hui">Tian Zu Hui</a>, promoting the abolition of foot binding.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early Reformers, including <a href="/wiki/Liang_Qichao" title="Liang Qichao">Liang Qichao</a>, a scholar, journalist, and political reformer in the last years of the Qing dynasty, were one of the first in late imperial China to consider "the woman question".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many changes in women's lives took place during the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China (1912–1949)</a>. In 1912 the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Suffrage_Alliance" title="Women's Suffrage Alliance">Women's Suffrage Alliance</a>, an umbrella organization of many local women's organizations, was founded to work for the inclusion of women's equal rights and suffrage in the constitution of the new republic after the abolition of the monarchy, and while the effort was not successful, it signified an important period of feminist activism.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 1919, <a href="/wiki/Miss_Zhao%27s_suicide" title="Miss Zhao's suicide">Miss Zhao's suicide</a> sparked cultural debate regarding the role of modern women in social and political life.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A woman forced into an arranged marriage by her family, Miss Zhao, committed suicide by cutting her throat while being transported to the house of her would-be husband.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The formerly routine occurrence of a woman's suicide to avoid arranged marriage became an important center of debate for Chinese feminists.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Feminist commentators included Mao Zedong who published nine newspaper articles about the suicide and the need to overhaul societal norms relating to women.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Simultaneously, <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen" title="Henrik Ibsen">Henrik Ibsen</a>'s play <i><a href="/wiki/A_Doll%27s_House" title="A Doll's House">A Doll's House</a></i> was newly-translated and being performed in Shanghai.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The example of the play's Nora further fueled radical intellectuals and the discussion of women's roles in China.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A generation of educated and professional <a href="/wiki/New_Woman" title="New Woman">new women</a> emerged after the inclusion of girls in the state school system and after women students were acted at the <a href="/wiki/Peking_University" title="Peking University">University of Beijing</a> in 1920, and in the 1931 Civil Code, women were given equal inheritance rights, banned forced marriage and gave women the right to control their own money and initiate divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No nationally unified women's movement organized until China was unified under the <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> <a href="/wiki/Nanjing_decade" title="Nanjing decade">Government in Nanjing</a> in 1928; women's suffrage was included in the new Constitution of 1936, although the constitution was not implemented until 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Professor Lin Chun writes that "Women's liberation had been highlighted in the communist agenda from the outset, and, in that sense, the Chinese revolution was simultaneously a women's revolution, and Chinese socialism a women's cause."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the 1920s, the Communist movement in China used a labor and peasant organizing strategy that combined workplace advocacy with women's rights advocacy.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Communists would lead union organizing efforts among male workers while simultaneously working in nearby peasant communities on women's rights issues, including literacy for women.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yang_Kaihui" title="Yang Kaihui">Yang Kaihui</a> were among the most effective Communist political organizers using this method.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Poor peasant women were generally strong supporters of Communist Party programs.<sup id="cite_ref-:42_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:42-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 157">: 157 </span></sup> </p><p>During the White Terror that began with the 1927 <a href="/wiki/Shanghai_massacre" title="Shanghai massacre">Shanghai Massacre</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang_regime" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuomintang regime">Kuomintang</a> against the Communists, the Kuomintang specifically targeted women perceived as non-traditional.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kuomintang forces presumed that women who had short hair and whom had not been subjected to the practice of <a href="/wiki/Foot_binding" title="Foot binding">foot binding</a> were radicals.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kuomintang forces cut their breasts off, shaved their heads, and displayed their mutilated corpses to cow the populace.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a>, the Communists enacted women's rights measures in areas of the country they controlled.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Orders issued by the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Red_Army" title="Chinese Red Army">Red Army</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Soviet_(council)" title="Soviet (council)">soviet</a> governments advanced the freedom to divorce and marry, liberating women from feudal marriages and resulting in women's strong support for the revolution.<sup id="cite_ref-:21_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:21-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 181">: 181 </span></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_base_area" title="Revolutionary base area">revolutionary base area</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jiangxi%E2%80%93Fujian_Soviet" class="mw-redirect" title="Jiangxi–Fujian Soviet">Jiangxi</a>, the CCP-led authorities enacted the Marriage Regulations of 1931 and the Marriage Laws of 1941, which were modeled after Soviet Union statutes.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These statutes declared marriage as a free association between a woman and a man without the interference of other parties and permitted divorce on mutual agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, they were the most progressive marriage laws in China and created the conditions for women to divorce men they had been forced to marry, leave abusive spouses, and till their own land.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also during the Civil War, rural women were at the forefront of providing care to the dependents of men who fought in the Red Army, particularly through Women's Associations.<sup id="cite_ref-:42_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:42-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 157">: 157 </span></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/Land_Reform_Movement_(China)" class="mw-redirect" title="Land Reform Movement (China)">China's land reform movement</a> (which began after the defeat of the Japanese in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a> and continued in the early years of the People's Republic of China), the Communist Party encouraged rural women in achieving a "double fanshen" - a revolutionary transformation as both a peasant and a feminist awakening as a woman.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Party urged rural women to reject traditional Chinese assumptions about their role in society.<sup id="cite_ref-:20_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:20-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In conjunction with land reform, the movement promoted women's issues such as the elimination of bride prices and reversing the stigma against widows remarrying.<sup id="cite_ref-:20_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:20-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Party promoted successes in women's liberation, such as the progress of the <a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a> women of <a href="/wiki/Northwest_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwest China">northwest China</a> who were said to have not just received land through the rural movement, but also "freedom over their own bodies" and embraced political participation.<sup id="cite_ref-:20_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:20-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Developments_in_the_People's_Republic_of_China"><span id="Developments_in_the_People.27s_Republic_of_China"></span>Developments in the People's Republic of China</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Developments in the People's Republic of China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the founding of the PRC in 1949, newly-established local governments continued to prioritize women's political mobilization.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mao's statement that "women hold up half the sky" became a major slogan symbolizing the PRC's support for women's social and political equality with men.<sup id="cite_ref-:21_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:21-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 298">: 298 </span></sup> The cultural stigma against young women working outside the home disintegrated.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chinese grandmothers increased their roles as caregivers for their grandchildren, facilitating younger women's opportunities for paid work.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a weakening of traditional Chinese <a href="/wiki/Patrilineality" title="Patrilineality">patrilineality</a>, grandmothers on the mother's side gained equal status to grandmothers on the father's side allowing them to fill gaps in childcare.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soon after its founding, the PRC passed the <a href="/wiki/New_Marriage_Law" title="New Marriage Law">Marriage Law of 1950</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It prohibited <a href="/wiki/Concubinage" title="Concubinage">concubinage</a> and marriages when one party was sexually powerless, suffered from a venereal disease, <a href="/wiki/Leprosy" title="Leprosy">leprosy</a>, or a <a href="/wiki/Mental_disorder" title="Mental disorder">mental disorder</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-engel_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engel-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The law abolished arranged marriages, paying money or goods for a wife, and outlawed polygamy and child marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_38-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the passage of the 1950 Marriage Law, mass campaigns promoted the principle of freely-chosen monogamous marriages and official registration of marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-:532_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:532-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 70">: 70 </span></sup> </p><p>John Engel, a professor of Family Resources at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Hawaii">University of Hawaii</a>, argues that the PRC established the Marriage Law of 1950 to redistribute wealth and achieve a classless society. The law "was intended to cause ... fundamental changes ... aimed at family revolution by destroying all former patterns ... and building up new relationships on the basis of the new law and new ethics."<sup id="cite_ref-engel_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engel-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Xiaorong Li, a researcher at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_Baltimore" title="University of Maryland, Baltimore">University of Maryland</a>, asserts that the Marriage Law of 1950 not only banned the most extreme forms of female subordination and oppression, but gave women the right to make their own marital decisions.<sup id="cite_ref-Xiaorong_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xiaorong-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several decades after the implementation of the 1950 Marriage Law, China still faced serious issues, particularly in population control.<sup id="cite_ref-engel_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engel-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1950s, high-level female Communist Party <a href="/wiki/Cadre_system_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Cadre system of the Chinese Communist Party">cadre</a> had a significant role in advocating for greater access to abortion and sterilization surgeries—in their view, women could not "<a href="/wiki/Feminism_in_Chinese_communism" title="Feminism in Chinese communism">hold up half the sky</a>" nor advance their revolutionary work if they had too many children.<sup id="cite_ref-:25_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:25-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 75">: 75 </span></sup> </p><p>In the 1950s, the political campaign for "Five-Good Families" urged families to practice the principles of (1) "harmony between husbands and wives"; (2) "equality between men and women"; (3) "frugality in housekeeping"; (4) "solidarity among neighbors"; and (5) "honoring elders and caring for the young."<sup id="cite_ref-:222_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:222-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the 1950s onwards, China sought to pursue gender equality by including women in the formal labor force.<sup id="cite_ref-:532_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:532-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 132">: 132 </span></sup> In urban areas, this process was facilitated by the development of a network of public nurseries, daycare centers, and kindergartens.<sup id="cite_ref-:532_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:532-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 132">: 132 </span></sup> In rural areas, working mothers obtained support from mothers-in-law and other extended family members, usually on the father's side.<sup id="cite_ref-:532_47-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:532-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 132–133">: 132–133 </span></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Leap_Forward" class="mw-redirect" title="The Great Leap Forward">The Great Leap Forward</a>'s focus on total workforce mobilization resulted in opportunities for women's labor advancement.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The necessity of mobilizing women's labor prompted the relaxing on birth control restrictions.<sup id="cite_ref-:25_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:25-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 16">: 16 </span></sup> Increasing collectivization of labor brought more opportunities for women to "leave the home", thereby increasing their economic and personal independence.<sup id="cite_ref-:21_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:21-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 297–298">: 297–298 </span></sup> The number of women in state institutions and <a href="/wiki/State-owned_enterprises_of_China" title="State-owned enterprises of China">state-owned enterprises</a> more than tripled during the period 1957 to 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-:022_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:022-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As women became increasingly needed to work in agriculture and industry, and encouraged by policy to do so, the phenomenon of <a href="/wiki/Iron_Girls" title="Iron Girls">Iron Women</a> arose.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Women did traditionally male work in both fields and factories, including major movements of women into management positions.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Women competed for high productivity, and those who distinguished themselves came to be called Iron Women.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_50-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Women workers on the mobile film projection teams which brought <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_China" title="Cinema of China">cinema</a> to rural China were promoted by media as <a href="/wiki/Model_worker" title="Model worker">model workers</a> and symbols of advancing gender equality.<sup id="cite_ref-:122_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:122-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 104–105">: 104–105 </span></sup> Slogans such as "There is no difference between men and women in this new age," and "We can do anything, and anything we do, we can do it well," became popular.<sup id="cite_ref-:022_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:022-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Women's increasing roles in agricultural labor also had the indirect effect of supporting heavy industry campaign through increasing the availability of men for labor in projects such as the <a href="/wiki/Third_Front_(China)" title="Third Front (China)">Third Front</a> construction.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 151">: 151 </span></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution</a>, one way China promoted its policy of state feminism was through <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_opera" title="Revolutionary opera">revolutionary opera</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:03_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the eight model dramas in this period featured women as their main characters.<sup id="cite_ref-:03_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The narratives of these women protagonists begin with them oppressed by <a href="/wiki/Misogyny" title="Misogyny">misogyny</a>, class position, and imperialism before liberating themselves through the discovery of their own internal strength and the Communist Party.<sup id="cite_ref-:03_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A second marriage law was passed in 1980 and enacted in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-engel_46-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engel-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This New Marriage Law banned arranged and forced marriages and shifted the focus away from the dominance of men and onto the interests of children and women.<sup id="cite_ref-engel_46-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engel-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Article 2 of the 1980 Marriage Law directly states: "the lawful rights and interests of women, children and the aged are protected. Family planning is practiced."<sup id="cite_ref-engel_46-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engel-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adults, both men and women, also gained the right to lawful divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-Tamney4_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tamney4-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To fight the tenacity of tradition, Article 3 of the 1980 Marriage Law continued to ban concubinage, <a href="/wiki/Polygamy" title="Polygamy">polygamy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bigamy" title="Bigamy">bigamy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-engel_46-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engel-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The article forbade <a href="/wiki/Bride-buying" class="mw-redirect" title="Bride-buying">mercenary marriages</a> in which a <a href="/wiki/Bride_price" title="Bride price">bride price</a> or dowry is paid.<sup id="cite_ref-engel_46-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engel-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Li, the traditional business of selling women in exchange for marriage returned after the law gave women the right to select their husbands.<sup id="cite_ref-Xiaorong_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xiaorong-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1990, 18,692 cases were investigated by Chinese authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-Xiaorong_48-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xiaorong-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the law generally prohibited the exaction of money or gifts in connection with marriage arrangements, bride price payments are still common in rural areas, though dowries have become smaller and less common.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="Source cited here was published in 1980 (March 2023)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> In urban areas the dowry custom has nearly disappeared. The bride price custom has since transformed into providing gifts for the bride or her family.<sup id="cite_ref-engel_46-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engel-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Article 4 of the 1980 marriage law banned the usage of compulsion or the interference of third parties, stating: "marriage must be based upon the complete willingness of the two parties."<sup id="cite_ref-engel_46-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engel-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Engel argues, the law also encouraged gender equality by making daughters just as valuable as sons, particularly in the potential for old-age insurance. Article 8 states: "after a marriage has been registered, the woman may become a member of the man's family, or the man may become a member of the woman's family, according to the agreed wishes of the two parties."<sup id="cite_ref-engel_46-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engel-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, the Marriage Law was further revised to protect women from the harmful social trends following China's market reforms, such as polygamy by wealthy men and underpaid female labor.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The law was deliberated via an open revision process which included input from feminist academics and women lawyers.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other civil and criminal laws were also amended to better protect women's rights and interests, including the inheritance law.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_58-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In rural areas, women are often not conferred equal property rights depending on marriage relations.<sup id="cite_ref-:27_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:27-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019 a government directive was released banning employers in China from posting "men preferred" or "men only" job advertising, and banning companies from asking women seeking jobs about their childbearing and marriage plans or requiring applicants to take pregnancy tests.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Women_and_family">Women and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Women and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marriage_and_family_planning">Marriage and family planning</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Marriage and family planning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_modern_China" title="Marriage in modern China">Marriage in modern China</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Madonna_of_China_NGM-v31-p555.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Madonna_of_China_NGM-v31-p555.jpg/220px-Madonna_of_China_NGM-v31-p555.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Madonna_of_China_NGM-v31-p555.jpg/330px-Madonna_of_China_NGM-v31-p555.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Madonna_of_China_NGM-v31-p555.jpg/440px-Madonna_of_China_NGM-v31-p555.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1631" /></a><figcaption>Mother carrying two children, 1917</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_marriage" title="Traditional Chinese marriage">Traditional marriage</a> in pre-revolutionary China was a contract between families rather than between individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-engel_46-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engel-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The parents of the soon-to-be groom and bride <a href="/wiki/Arranged_marriage" title="Arranged marriage">arranged the marriage</a> with an emphasis on alliance between the two families.<sup id="cite_ref-Tamney4_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tamney4-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spouse selection was based on family needs and the socioeconomic status of the potential mate, rather than love or attraction.<sup id="cite_ref-engel_46-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engel-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the woman's role varied slightly with the husband's social status, typically her main duty was to provide a son to continue the family name.<sup id="cite_ref-Yao_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yao-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Arranged marriages were accomplished by a <a href="/wiki/Matchmaking" title="Matchmaking">matchmaker</a>, who acted as a link between the two families.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The arrangement of a marriage involved the negotiation of a <a href="/wiki/Bride_price" title="Bride price">bride price</a>, gifts to be bestowed to the bride's family, and occasionally a <a href="/wiki/Dowry" title="Dowry">dowry</a> of clothing, furniture, or jewelry from the bride's family for use in her new home.<sup id="cite_ref-engel_46-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engel-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Exchange of monetary compensation for a woman's hand in marriage was also used in purchase marriages.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Japanese invasion of China during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a> strained traditional family structures.<sup id="cite_ref-:17_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:17-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It resulted in mass separations of the old from the young, particularly as the young fled into areas not under Japanese occupation or became soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-:17_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:17-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the war, young women were also able to find work outside the home, which provided liberty from the traditional households.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a> stated that it was necessary for women to be "good wives and mothers" to ensure the "healthy growth of the next generation".<sup id="cite_ref-:7_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 2020 <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Congress" title="National People's Congress">National People's Congress</a>, a civil code was adopted which contained a number of significant changes for China's laws on marriage and family.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 30-day "cooling off period" was added to divorce proceedings. Before then, some divorces were finalized within hours of application, leading to concerns about impulsive divorces.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition the new civil code continues to define marriage as only between a man and a woman.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state news agency <a href="/wiki/Xinhua_News_Agency" title="Xinhua News Agency">Xinhua</a> described the new civil code as guarantying "a harmonious family and society".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_66-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writing for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Diplomat" title="The Diplomat">The Diplomat</a>,</i> Chauncey Jung writes that these revisions to the civil code complete a transition from the women hold up half of the sky era in which, at least rhetorically, China was one of the most progressive nations in the world in terms of women's rights to more regressive era of "strong family values for a harmonious society".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_66-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, an amendment to the Women's Rights and Interests Protection Law directed women to protect "family values".<sup id="cite_ref-:7_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, local governments were reported to call women to inquire about their pregnancy status, menstruation cycles, and intentions to have children.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Policies_on_divorce">Policies on divorce</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Policies on divorce"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/New_Marriage_Law" title="New Marriage Law">Marriage Law of 1950</a> empowered women to initiate divorce proceedings.<sup id="cite_ref-Elaine_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elaine-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Elaine Jeffreys, an <a href="/wiki/Australian_Research_Council" title="Australian Research Council">Australian Research Council</a> Future Fellow and associate professor in China studies, divorce requests were only granted if they were justified by politically proper reasons. These requests were mediated by party-affiliated organizations, rather than accredited legal systems.<sup id="cite_ref-Elaine_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elaine-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chinese women were praised in society if they refused remarriage and remained alive to take care of their spouse's family.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ralph Haughwout Folsom, a professor of Chinese law, <a href="/wiki/International_trade" title="International trade">international trade</a>, and <a href="/wiki/International_business" title="International business">international business</a> transactions at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_San_Diego" title="University of San Diego">University of San Diego</a>, and John H. Minan, a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Justice">U.S. Department of Justice</a> and a law professor at the University of San Diego, argue that the Marriage Law of 1950 allowed for much flexibility in the refusal of <a href="/wiki/Divorce" title="Divorce">divorce</a> when only one party sought it. During the market-based economic reforms, China re-instituted a formal legal system and implemented provisions for divorce on a more individualized basis.<sup id="cite_ref-Elaine_71-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elaine-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jeffreys asserts that the Marriage Law of 1980 provided for divorce on the basis that emotions or mutual affections were broken.<sup id="cite_ref-Elaine_71-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elaine-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the more liberal grounds for divorce, the divorce rates soared.<sup id="cite_ref-folsom_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-folsom-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As women began divorcing their husbands tensions increased and men resisted, especially in rural areas.<sup id="cite_ref-kay_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kay-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although divorce was now legally recognized, thousands of women lost their lives for attempting to divorce their husbands and some committed suicide when the right to divorce was withheld.<sup id="cite_ref-kay_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kay-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Divorce, once seen as a rare act during the <a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao era</a> (1949–1976), has become more common with rates continuing to increase.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with this increase in divorce, it became evident that divorced women were often given an unfair share or housing and property.<sup id="cite_ref-Elaine_71-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elaine-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The amended Marriage Law of 2001, which according to Jeffreys was designed to protect women's rights, provided a solution to this problem by reverting to a "moralistic fault-based system with a renewed focus on <a href="/wiki/Collectivism_and_individualism" class="mw-redirect" title="Collectivism and individualism">collectivist</a> mechanisms to protect marriage and family".<sup id="cite_ref-Elaine_71-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elaine-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although all property acquired during a marriage was seen as jointly-held,<sup id="cite_ref-folsom_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-folsom-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was not until the implementation of Article 46 of the 2001 Marriage Law that the concealment of <a href="/wiki/Joint_property" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint property">joint property</a> was punishable.<sup id="cite_ref-Elaine_71-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elaine-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was enacted to ensure a fair division during a divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-Elaine_71-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elaine-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The article also granted the right for a party to request compensation from a spouse who committed illegal <a href="/wiki/Cohabitation" title="Cohabitation">cohabitation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bigamy" title="Bigamy">bigamy</a>, and family violence or <a href="/wiki/Desertion" title="Desertion">desertion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Elaine_71-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elaine-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Xi Jinping Administration">leadership</a>, the resurgent propaganda of traditional family values in Chinese discourse with the aim to increase birth rate created more obstacles more divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, the "民法典" [minfadian; Civil Code] adopted at the Third Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress on May 28 introduced a 30-day "cool-off period" for divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Article 2077 in Book Five Chapter IV states "Where either party is unwilling to divorce, he may withdraw the divorce registration application within thirty days after such an application is received by the marriage registration authority. Within thirty days after expiration of the period provided in the preceding paragraph, both parties shall personally visit the marriage registration authority to apply for issuance of a divorce certificate, and failing to do so will cause the divorce registration application to be deemed as withdrawn."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The news regarding the implementation of "cool-off period" immediately triggered widespread outrage on social media platforms, for many think it interferes with their marital freedom and even jeopardizes the condition for victims of domestic violence.<sup id="cite_ref-:14_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:14-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regarding the worries of the general public, the Legislative Affairs Commission with the NPC Standing Committee claims that extreme situations including domestic violence and drug abuse do not need a "cool-off period" which only concerns with consensual divorce and those cases would be solved by lawsuit.<sup id="cite_ref-:14_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:14-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, several cases of domestic violence or murder after the "cool-off period" came in effect pose doubts regarding the reality of such practice.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_wives">Second wives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Second wives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In traditional China, polygamy was legal and having a concubine was considered a luxury for aristocratic families.<sup id="cite_ref-Suowei_Xiao_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suowei_Xiao-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dynastic ambitions were the formal justification for polygamy in that era, as important families sought to increase the number of sons and cement their social and economic ambitions through arranged marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Male sexual gratification was also an underlying motivation for polygamy, and concubines were typically younger than wives and chosen for looks rather than social status.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Polygamy continued into the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a> era under the <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_government" title="Nationalist government">Nationalist government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lary_2022_121_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lary_2022_121-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the nationalist period, other forms of polygamy emerged.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One form included two wives but not polygamous cohabitation - for example, if a young man had an arranged marriage in his village and then married a second time while at university.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another form included dual families where a man married and had a family in China and married again while living and traveling abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-Lary_2022_121_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lary_2022_121-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1930s and 1940s, a man could only have one official wife, but polygamy remained in wealthier households where in addition to an official wife, a wealthy man might have a concubine.<sup id="cite_ref-:532_47-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:532-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 70">: 70 </span></sup> </p><p>In 1950, polygamy was outlawed, but the phenomenon of <i>de facto</i> polygamy, or so-called "second wives" (二奶 èrnǎi in Chinese), has reemerged in recent years.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When polygamy was legal, women were more tolerant of their husband's extramarital affairs. Today, women who discover that their husband has a "second wife" are less tolerant, and since the New Marriage Law of 1950 can ask for a divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-C._Simon_Fan_and_Hon-Kwong_Liu_2004_442–452_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C._Simon_Fan_and_Hon-Kwong_Liu_2004_442–452-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sudden <a href="/wiki/Industrialization" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrialization">industrialization</a> in China brought two types of people together: young female workers and rich businessmen from cities like <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>. In British-ruled Hong Kong, polygamy was legal until 1971 pursuant to the British colonial practice of not interfering in local customs that Britain viewed as relatively harmless to the public order.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A number of rich businessmen are attracted to these economically dependent women and started relationships known as "keeping a second wife" (bao yinai) in <a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Cantonese</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-C._Simon_Fan_and_Hon-Kwong_Liu_2004_442–452_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C._Simon_Fan_and_Hon-Kwong_Liu_2004_442–452-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some migrant women who struggle to find husbands become second wives and lovers.<sup id="cite_ref-Graeme_Lang_and_Josephine_Smart_2002_546–569_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Graeme_Lang_and_Josephine_Smart_2002_546–569-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are many villages in the southern part of China where predominantly these "second wives" live.<sup id="cite_ref-Graeme_Lang_and_Josephine_Smart_2002_546–569_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Graeme_Lang_and_Josephine_Smart_2002_546–569-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The men come and spend a large amount of time in these villages every year while their first wife and family stay in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The relationships can range from just being casual paid sexual transactions to long-term relationships. If a relationship does develop more, some of the Chinese women quit their job and become 'live-in lovers' whose main job is to please the working man.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first wives in these situations have a hard time and deal with it in different ways. Women that are far away from their husbands do not have many options. Even if the wives do move to mainland China with their husbands, the businessman still finds ways to carry on affairs. Some wives follow the <a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">motto</a> "one eye open, with the other eye closed" meaning they understand their husbands are bound to cheat but want to make sure they practice safe sex and do not bring home other children.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many first wives downplay the father's role to try to address the children's questions about a father that is often absent. Other women fear for their financial situations and protect their rights by putting the house and other major assets in their own names.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_89-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This situation has created many social and legal issues. Unlike previous generations of <a href="/wiki/Arranged_marriage" title="Arranged marriage">arranged marriages</a>, the modern polygamy is more often voluntary.<sup id="cite_ref-Graeme_Lang_and_Josephine_Smart_2002_546–569_87-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Graeme_Lang_and_Josephine_Smart_2002_546–569-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Women in China face serious pressures to be married, by family and friends. There is a derogatory term for women who are not married by the time they are in their late twenties, <a href="/wiki/Sheng_nu" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheng nu">sheng nu</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/History_of_education_in_China" title="History of education in China">History of education in China</a> and <a href="/wiki/Education_in_China" title="Education in China">Education in China</a></div> <p>Female primary and secondary school enrollment suffered more than male enrollment during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine" title="Great Chinese Famine">Great Chinese Famine</a> (1958–1961), and in 1961 there was a further sudden decrease.<sup id="cite_ref-Bauer_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bauer-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2023, Chinese girls receive more schooling on average than boys.<sup id="cite_ref-:0242_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0242-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 69">: 69 </span></sup> A number of studies attribute the improvement in girls' schooling to the effects of the <a href="/wiki/One-child_policy" title="One-child policy">one-child policy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0242_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0242-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 69">: 69 </span></sup> </p><p>Gender disparity persisted into the 1990s for tertiary institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-Bauer_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bauer-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2009, however, half of all college students were women.<sup id="cite_ref-:0242_91-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0242-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 69">: 69 </span></sup> China's rate of increase in women's higher education levels has been substantially greater than countries with similar, and some countries with higher, per capita income levels.<sup id="cite_ref-:0242_91-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0242-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 69">: 69 </span></sup> </p><p>Studies for the years 2000-2009 found that Chinese women had higher financial returns on education than men did, with an 11-12% return per year of schooling compared with 6-7% for men.<sup id="cite_ref-:0242_91-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0242-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 69">: 69 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health_care">Health care</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_health_in_China" title="Women's health in China">Women's health in China</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Girl_with_chopsticks_at_dumpling_restaurant.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Girl_with_chopsticks_at_dumpling_restaurant.jpg/220px-Girl_with_chopsticks_at_dumpling_restaurant.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Girl_with_chopsticks_at_dumpling_restaurant.jpg/330px-Girl_with_chopsticks_at_dumpling_restaurant.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Girl_with_chopsticks_at_dumpling_restaurant.jpg/440px-Girl_with_chopsticks_at_dumpling_restaurant.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2274" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>A teenage girl with chopsticks</figcaption></figure> <p>In traditional Chinese culture, which was a <a href="/wiki/Women_in_ancient_and_imperial_China" title="Women in ancient and imperial China">patriarchal society based on Confucian ideology</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Health_care" title="Health care">healthcare</a> system was tailored for men, and women were not prioritized.<sup id="cite_ref-hong_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hong-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Traditional culture emphasized the role of grandmothers in the management of childbirth.<sup id="cite_ref-Lary_2022_42_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lary_2022_42-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chinese health care has since undergone much reform and has tried to provide men and women with equal health care. </p><p>The People's Republic of China has enacted various laws to protect the health care rights of women, including the Maternal and Child Care law.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This law and numerous others focus on protecting the rights of all women in the People's Republic of China.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the PRC's early years, traditional midwives came to be viewed as dirty and unscientific.<sup id="cite_ref-Lary_2022_42_93-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lary_2022_42-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1959, over 750,000 midwives were retrained with some modern medical practice, but only 5,300 were fully modern trained midwives.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With China's program of <a href="/wiki/Barefoot_doctor" title="Barefoot doctor">barefoot doctors</a>, perinatal practitioners were often older women.<sup id="cite_ref-:16_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:16-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their work was effective, with much of the 1950s and 1960s population boom resulting from the decline in infant mortality.<sup id="cite_ref-:16_95-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:16-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution</a> (1966–1976), the People's Republic of China began to focus on the provision of health care for women.<sup id="cite_ref-hong_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hong-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This change was apparent when the women in the workforce were granted health care. Health care policy required all women workers to receive <a href="/wiki/Urinalysis" title="Urinalysis">urinalysis</a> and vaginal examinations yearly.<sup id="cite_ref-hong_92-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hong-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For women in China today, the most common type of cancer is <a href="/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_World_Health_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="The World Health Organization">The World Health Organization</a> (WHO) suggests using routine screening to detect cervical cancer. However, information on cervical cancer screening is not widely available for women in China.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_China" title="Abortion in China">Abortion in China</a> is legal and generally accessible.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abortions are widely-accepted and available to all women through China's family planning programme, public hospitals, private hospitals, and clinics nationwide.<sup id="cite_ref-:24_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:24-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2022, the <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Commission" title="National Health Commission">National Health Commission</a> announced that it would direct measures toward "preventing unintended pregnancy and reducing abortions that are not medically necessary" in an effort to boost population growth.<sup id="cite_ref-:32_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:32-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The announced support measures include improvements with regard to insurance and taxation, improvements for education and housing, and encouraging local governments to boost infant care services and family friendly workplaces.<sup id="cite_ref-:32_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:32-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ethnic_and_religious_minorities">Ethnic and religious minorities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Ethnic and religious minorities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Girl_of_Tibet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Girl_of_Tibet.jpg/220px-Girl_of_Tibet.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Girl_of_Tibet.jpg/330px-Girl_of_Tibet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Girl_of_Tibet.jpg/440px-Girl_of_Tibet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="734" /></a><figcaption>Girl from <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a></figcaption></figure> <p>After the founding of People's Republic of China in 1949, the <a href="/wiki/Communist" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist">communist</a> government authorities called traditional <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> customs on women "backwards or feudal".<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Hui_Chinese" class="mw-redirect" title="Hui Chinese">Hui</a> Muslim women have internalized the concept of gender equality because they view themselves as not just Muslims but Chinese citizens, so they have the right to exercise rights like initiating divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-WomenMosques_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WomenMosques-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:28_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:28-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A unique feature of <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_China" title="Islam in China">Islam in China</a> is the presence of female-only <a href="/wiki/Mosques" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosques">mosques</a>. Women in China can act as prayer leaders and also become <a href="/wiki/Imam" title="Imam">imams</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Female-only mosques grant women more power over religious affairs. This is rare by global standards. By comparison, the first women's mosque in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> didn't open until January 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the <a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui people</a> (but not other Muslim ethnic minorities such as the <a href="/wiki/Uyghur_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Uyghur people">Uyghurs</a>) Quranic schools for girls evolved into woman-only mosques and women acted as imams as early as 1820.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These imams are known as <i>nü ahong</i> (女阿訇), i.e. "female <i><a href="/wiki/Akhoond" class="mw-redirect" title="Akhoond">akhoond</a></i>", and they guide female Muslims in worship and prayer.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a> having tight control over religious practices, Chinese Muslims are isolated from trends of radical Islam which emerged after the 1979 <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">Iranian Revolution</a>. According to Dr <a href="/wiki/Khaled_Abou_El_Fadl" title="Khaled Abou El Fadl">Khaled Abou El Fadl</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California_in_Los_Angeles" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California in Los Angeles">University of California in Los Angeles</a>, this explains the situation whereby female imams, an ancient tradition long ended elsewhere, continue to exist in China.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among <a href="/wiki/Uyghurs" title="Uyghurs">Uyghurs</a>, it was believed that God designed women to endure hardship and work. The word for "helpless one", ʿājiza, was used for women who were not married, while women who were married were called <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mazl%C5%ABm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mazlūm (page does not exist)">mazlūm</a> in <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a>; however, divorce and remarriage was facile for the women.<sup id="cite_ref-DaniMasson2003_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DaniMasson2003-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The modern Uyghur dialect in <a href="/wiki/Turfan" class="mw-redirect" title="Turfan">Turfan</a> uses the Arabic word for oppressed, maẓlum, to refer to "married old woman" and pronounce it as mäzim.<sup id="cite_ref-Yakup2005_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yakup2005-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Women were normally referred to as "oppressed person" (mazlum-kishi). 13 or 12 years old was the age of marriage for women in <a href="/wiki/Hotan" title="Hotan">Khotan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yarkant_County" title="Yarkant County">Yarkand</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kashgar" title="Kashgar">Kashgar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the last years of <a href="/wiki/Imperial_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial China">imperial China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Xinjiang" title="Christianity in Xinjiang">Swedish Christian missionaries</a> observed the oppressive conditions for Uyghur Muslim women in Xinjiang during their stay between 1892 and 1938. Uyghur Muslim women were oppressed and often held domestic service positions, while <a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Han Chinese</a> women were free and given a choice of profession.<sup id="cite_ref-WomenMosques_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WomenMosques-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Uyghur Muslim women married Han Chinese men, the women were hated by their families and people. The Uyghur Muslims viewed single unmarried women as prostitutes and held them in extreme disregard.<sup id="cite_ref-:28_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:28-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (January 2021)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Child marriages for girls were very common and the Uyghurs called girls "overripe" if they were not married by 15 or 16 years old. Four wives were allowed along with any number of temporary marriages contracted by <a href="/wiki/Mullahs" class="mw-redirect" title="Mullahs">Mullahs</a> to "pleasure wives" for a set time period.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Divorce and marriage was rampant, each being conducted by Mullahs simultaneously, and some men married hundreds of women and could divorce their wives for no given reason. Wives were forced to stay in the household, to be obedient to their husbands, and were judged according to how many children they could bear. Unmarried women were viewed as whores and many children were born with <a href="/wiki/Venereal_diseases" class="mw-redirect" title="Venereal diseases">venereal diseases</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (January 2021)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The birth of a girl was seen as a terrible calamity by the local Uyghur Muslims and boys were worth more to them. The constant stream of marriage and divorces led to children being mistreated by stepparents.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (January 2021)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A Swedish missionary said "These girls were surely the first girls in Eastern Turkestan who had had a real youth before getting married. The Muslim woman has no youth. Directly from childhood's carefree playing of games, she enters life's bitter everyday toil… She is but a child and a wife." The <a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Muhammad#Aisha" title="Criticism of Muhammad">marriage of 9 year old</a> <a href="/wiki/Aisha" title="Aisha">Aisha</a> to the Prophet <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> was cited by Uyghur Muslims to justify <a href="/wiki/Islam_and_children#Marriage" title="Islam and children">marrying girl children</a>, whom they viewed as mere products. The Muslims also attacked the Swedish <a href="/wiki/Christian_mission" title="Christian mission">Christian mission</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a> resident in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (January 2021)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Lobbying" title="Lobbying">Lobbying</a> by Swedish Christian missionaries led to child marriage for under 15-year-old girls to be banned by the Chinese Governor in <a href="/wiki/Urumqi" class="mw-redirect" title="Urumqi">Urumqi</a>, although the Uyghur Muslims ignored the law.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (January 2021)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population_control">Population control</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Population control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="One-child_policy">One-child policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: One-child policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/One-child_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="One-child Policy">One-child Policy</a></div> <p>In 1956, the Chinese government publicly announced its goal to control the exponentially increasing population size. The government planned to use education and publicity as their main modes of increasing awareness.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Zhou_Enlai" title="Zhou Enlai">Zhou Enlai</a> launched the first program for smaller families under the guidance of Madame Li Teh-chuan, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China">Minister of Health</a> at the time. During this time, family planning and contraceptive usage were highly publicized and encouraged.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The One-child policy, initiated in 1978 and first applied in 1979, mandated that each married couple may bear only one child except in the case of special circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-Palmer_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Palmer-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These conditions included, "the birth of a first child who has developed a non-hereditary disability that will make it difficult to perform productive labour later in life, the fact that both husband and wife are themselves single children, a misdiagnosis of barrenness in the wife combined with a passage of more than five years after the adoption of a child, and a remarrying husband and wife who have between them only one child."<sup id="cite_ref-Palmer_118-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Palmer-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The law was replaced by a <a href="/wiki/Two-child_policy" title="Two-child policy">two-child policy</a> in 2015,<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then a three-child policy in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 26, 2021, all restrictions were lifted, allowing Chinese couples to have any number of children.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sex-selective_abortion">Sex-selective abortion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sex-selective abortion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:G106-Dajipu-to-Daye-hills-0068.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/G106-Dajipu-to-Daye-hills-0068.jpg/250px-G106-Dajipu-to-Daye-hills-0068.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/G106-Dajipu-to-Daye-hills-0068.jpg/375px-G106-Dajipu-to-Daye-hills-0068.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/G106-Dajipu-to-Daye-hills-0068.jpg/500px-G106-Dajipu-to-Daye-hills-0068.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>A roadside slogan calls motorists to crack down on medically unnecessary antenatal sex identification and sex-selective pregnancy termination practices. (<a href="/wiki/Daye,_Hubei" class="mw-redirect" title="Daye, Hubei">Daye, Hubei</a>, 2008)</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Missing_women_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Missing women of China">Missing women of China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Female_infanticide_in_China" title="Female infanticide in China">Female infanticide in China</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chinese_administrative_divisions_by_gender_ratio" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chinese administrative divisions by gender ratio">List of Chinese administrative divisions by gender ratio</a></div> <p>In China, males are traditionally thought to be of greater value to a family because they take on greater responsibilities, have the capacity to earn higher wages, continue the family line, receive an inheritance, and are able to care for their elderly parents.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The preference for sons coupled with the one-child-policy have led to a high rate of <a href="/wiki/Sex-selective_abortion" title="Sex-selective abortion">sex-selective abortion</a> in China. Therefore, mainland China has a highly masculine <a href="/wiki/Sex_ratio" title="Sex ratio">sex ratio</a>. <a href="/wiki/Amartya_Sen" title="Amartya Sen">Amartya Sen</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize" title="Nobel Prize">Nobel Prize</a>-winning economist, asserted in 1990 that over 100 million women were missing globally, with 50 million <a href="/wiki/Missing_women_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Missing women of China">women missing from China</a> alone. Sen attributed the deficit in the number of women to <a href="/wiki/Sex-selective_abortion" title="Sex-selective abortion">sex-selective abortion</a>, female <a href="/wiki/Infanticide" title="Infanticide">infanticide</a>, and inadequate nutrition for girls, all of which have were exacerbated by the <a href="/wiki/One-child_policy" title="One-child policy">One-child policy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sen_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sen-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1986, the National Commission for Family Planning and the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_(China)" title="Ministry of Health (China)">Ministry of Health</a> prohibited prenatal sex determination except when diagnosing hereditary diseases.<sup id="cite_ref-:25_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:25-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 191">: 191 </span></sup>Individuals or clinics that violate the prohibition are subject to fines.<sup id="cite_ref-:25_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:25-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 191">: 191 </span></sup> This prohibition was repeatedly affirmed in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-:25_21-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:25-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 191">: 191 </span></sup>Since the 1990s, government efforts to promote daughter/son equality in <a href="/wiki/Family_planning_policies_of_China" title="Family planning policies of China">family planning</a> and to eliminate the traditional <a href="/wiki/Son_preference_in_China" title="Son preference in China">son preference in China</a> have increased, further accelerating after the United Nations-sponsored Caring for Girls national campaign in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-:532_47-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:532-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 6–7">: 6–7 </span></sup> Sex-selective abortions in China are illegal.<sup id="cite_ref-:52_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:52-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Human_sex_ratio" title="Human sex ratio">sex ratio</a> between male and female births in <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a> reached 117:100 in the year 2000, substantially more masculine than the natural baseline, which ranges between 103:100 and 107:100. It had risen from 108:100 in 1981—at the boundary of the natural baseline—to 111:100 in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When family planning policies limited the number of children a family could have, immense social pressures are placed upon women. Women are mostly blamed when giving birth to a girl. Women were subjected to forced abortions if they appear to be having a girl.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This situation led to higher female infanticide rates and female deaths in China. </p><p>Other Asian regions also have higher than average ratios, including <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> (110:100), which does not have a family planning policy.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many studies have explored the reason for the gender-based birthrate disparity in China as well as other countries. A study in 1990 attributed the high preponderance of reported male births in mainland China to four main causes: diseases which affect females more severely than males; the result of widespread under-reporting of female births;<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the illegal practice of sex-selective abortion made possible by the widespread availability of <a href="/wiki/Obstetric_ultrasonography" title="Obstetric ultrasonography">ultrasound</a>; and finally, acts of <a href="/wiki/Child_abandonment" title="Child abandonment">child abandonment</a> and infanticide. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iron_Fist_Campaign">Iron Fist Campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Iron Fist Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Iron_Fist_Campaign" title="Iron Fist Campaign">Iron Fist Campaign</a></div> <p>According to reports by <a href="/wiki/Amnesty_International" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a>, family planning officials in <a href="/wiki/Puning" title="Puning">Puning</a> City, <a href="/wiki/Guangdong" title="Guangdong">Guangdong</a> Province, launched the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Fist_Campaign" title="Iron Fist Campaign">Iron Fist Campaign</a> in April 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Amnesty_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amnesty-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This campaign targeted individuals for <a href="/wiki/Sterilization_(medicine)" title="Sterilization (medicine)">sterilization</a> in an attempt to control <a href="/wiki/Population_growth" title="Population growth">population growth</a>. The targeted individuals were asked to go to governmental clinics where they would be sterilized. If they refused the procedure, then they put their families at risk for <a href="/wiki/Detainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Detainment">detainment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Amnesty_130-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amnesty-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Iron Fist Campaign lasted for 20 days and targeted 9,559 individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-Amnesty_130-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amnesty-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approximately 50 percent consented and 1,377 relatives of targeted couples were detained.<sup id="cite_ref-Amnesty_130-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amnesty-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Family planning officials defended the Iron Fist Campaign, asserting that the large population of migrant workers in Puning misunderstood the One-child policy and therefore had not complied with family planning regulations.<sup id="cite_ref-Amnesty_130-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amnesty-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an attempt to standardize family planning policies across all of China, the Population and Family Planning Law of 2002 was implemented, which protects individual rights and bans the usage of coercion or detainment.<sup id="cite_ref-Amnesty_130-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amnesty-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Property_ownership">Property ownership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Property ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Chinese_property_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese property law">Chinese property law</a></div> <p>In current-day China, women enjoy legal <a href="/wiki/Gender_equality" title="Gender equality">equal rights</a> to <a href="/wiki/Property" title="Property">property</a>, but in practice, these rights can be rescinded.<sup id="cite_ref-:26_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:26-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chinese women have historically held little rights to private property, both by societal customs and by law. In <a href="/wiki/Imperial_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial China">imperial China</a> (before 1911 C.E.), family households held property collectively, rather than as individual members of the household. This property customarily belonged to the family ancestral clan, with legal control belonging to the family head, or the eldest male.<sup id="cite_ref-birge_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birge-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ancestry in imperial China was <a href="/wiki/Patrilinearity" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrilinearity">patrilineal</a>, or passed through the male, and women could not share in the family property.<sup id="cite_ref-mccreery_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mccreery-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon the death of the head of the household, the property was passed to the eldest son. In the absence of an eligible son, a family would often adopt a son to continue the family line and property.<sup id="cite_ref-bernhardt_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bernhardt-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, as Kathryn Bernhardt, a scholar of Chinese history points out, nearly one in three women during the <a href="/wiki/Song_dynasty" title="Song dynasty">Song dynasty</a> (960–1279 C.E.) would either have no brothers or no sons, leaving them with some agency over family property. In these cases, unmarried daughters would receive their fathers' property in the absence of direct male descendants, or an unmarried widow would choose the family heir.<sup id="cite_ref-bernhardt_134-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bernhardt-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A law enacted during the <a href="/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming dynasty</a> (1368–1644 C.E.) required that in the absence of a direct male descendant, a man's property was to go to his nephews. With this change in law, women's access to private property was even more restricted. At that point, only if none of a man's sons and none of his brothers' sons were alive to inherit property would a daughter receive the inheritance.<sup id="cite_ref-mccreery_133-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mccreery-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In most cases, the most control over family property that a widow would receive was maintenance, or the agency to control the property while an heir came of age.<sup id="cite_ref-bernhardt_134-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bernhardt-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some cases after some reforms in the <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing dynasty</a> (1644–1912), some women could retain maintenance over undivided property even after their sons came of age.<sup id="cite_ref-ocko_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ocko-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Law during the Republican era interpreted this to mean that widows held complete power over sons in control of the family property.<sup id="cite_ref-ocko_135-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ocko-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Nationalist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese Nationalist Party">Kuomintang</a>, which assumed power over China in 1911, publicly advocated for gender equality, though not very many changes in property rights went into effect until the enactment of the <a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Law of the Republic of China">Republican Civil Code</a> in 1930, which changed the definitions of property and family inheritance.<sup id="cite_ref-bernhardt_134-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bernhardt-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ocko_135-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ocko-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The code specified that family property legally belonged to the father, with no connection to the ancestral clan.<sup id="cite_ref-bernhardt_134-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bernhardt-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inheritance of this property was based on direct <a href="/wiki/Lineage_(anthropology)" title="Lineage (anthropology)">lineage</a>, regardless of gender, so that sons and daughters would receive an equal share of family property upon the death of their parents. Furthermore, a man's will or appointment of a different heir could not fully bypass the legally mandated inheritance structures, preventing families from holding onto gender-discriminatory customs.<sup id="cite_ref-bernhardt_134-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bernhardt-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the law's equitable wording on the property, some scholars, such as Deborah Davis and Kathryn Bernhardt, point out that the legal definitions regarding property may not have entirely changed the practices of the general public.<sup id="cite_ref-bernhardt_134-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bernhardt-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-davis_136-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davis-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> (PRC), which assumed control in 1949, also promised <a href="/wiki/Gender_equality" title="Gender equality">gender equality</a>. The PRC's approach was different from the <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a>. With regards to land, all land was owned by the state and allocated for people to use, so technically no individual, male or female, owned land. In 1978, the Chinese government set up a household farming system that split agricultural land into small plots for villages to allocate to citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-Hare_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hare-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The land was distributed to households with legal responsibility in the family head or the eldest male. A woman's access to land was then contingent on her being part of a household. Land leases were technically supposed to transfer with marriage to a woman's marital family, meaning women could potentially lose land upon marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-:26_131-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:26-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-chen_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chen-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:27_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:27-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some rural areas, women can lose property rights if they marry outside of the village.<sup id="cite_ref-:27_59-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:27-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For property other than land, new Chinese laws allow for the distinction between personal and <a href="/wiki/Communal_property" class="mw-redirect" title="Communal property">communal property</a>. Married couples can simultaneously own some things individually while sharing others with their spouse and family. With regard to divorce, Chinese law generally demands a 50/50 split of property. The <a href="/wiki/New_Marriage_Law" title="New Marriage Law">Marriage Law of 1980</a> defined different types of divorce that would split the conjugal property differently, such as instances of <a href="/wiki/Adultery" title="Adultery">adultery</a> or domestic violence.<sup id="cite_ref-davis_136-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davis-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since most divorce disputes are settled at a local level, the law allows courts to review specific situations and make decisions in the best interest of the children. Typically, such a decision would simultaneously favor the mother, especially in disputes over a house where the children would live. In some divorce disputes "ownership" and "use" over property would be distinguished, giving a mother and child "use" of the family house without awarding the mother full ownership of the house.<sup id="cite_ref-davis_136-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davis-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Employment">Employment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Employment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>If female <a href="/wiki/Labor_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Labor force">labor force</a> participation is used as the indicator to measure gender equality, China would be one of the most <a href="/wiki/Egalitarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Egalitarian">egalitarian</a> countries in the world: female labor force participation in China increased dramatically after the founding of the People's Republic and almost reached a universal level.<sup id="cite_ref-bridgew.edu_139-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bridgew.edu-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Women's participation in the work force had been a policy goal since 1949, and increased greatly during the Great Leap Forward, as the need for total workforce mobilization in that period caused women to take on traditionally male roles.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_50-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a study by Bauer et al., of women who married between 1950 and 1965, 70 percent had jobs, and women who married between 1966 and 1976, 92 percent had jobs.<sup id="cite_ref-Bauer_90-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bauer-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1982, Chinese working women represented 43 percent of the total population, a larger proportion than either working American women (35.3 percent) or working Japanese women (36 percent).<sup id="cite_ref-Chen,_C.C._and_Yu,_KC_and_Miner,_JB_1997_160_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chen,_C.C._and_Yu,_KC_and_Miner,_JB_1997_160-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the increased participation in the labor force, women's contribution to family income increased from 20 percent in the 1950s to 40 percent in the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-Chen,_C.C._and_Yu,_KC_and_Miner,_JB_1997_160_140-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chen,_C.C._and_Yu,_KC_and_Miner,_JB_1997_160-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>China has the world's most gender-balanced technical and professional work force and exceptional wage equality between women and men.<sup id="cite_ref-:72_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:72-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 1">: 1 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rural_work">Rural work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Rural work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In traditional China, the land was passed down from father to son and in the case of no son, the land was then given to a close male relative.<sup id="cite_ref-matthews_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-matthews-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although in the past women in China were not granted ownership of land, today in rural areas of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a>, women possess pivotal roles in farming, which allows them control over the area's central sources of production.<sup id="cite_ref-phatom_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phatom-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Population greatly affects the mode of farming that is utilized, which determines the duties women have.<sup id="cite_ref-Woman-Work_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woman-Work-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to tishwayan Thomas Rawski, a professor of Economics and History at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh" title="University of Pittsburgh">University of Pittsburgh</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Shifting_cultivation" title="Shifting cultivation">Shifting cultivation</a> method is utilized in less populated areas and results in women performing more of the agricultural duties, whereas in more populated areas complicated <a href="/wiki/Hoe-farming" title="Hoe-farming">plough cultivation</a> is used.<sup id="cite_ref-Rasul_2003_495–508_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rasul_2003_495–508-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Men typically performs <a href="/wiki/Plough" title="Plough">plough</a> cultivation, but during periods of high demand women pitch in with agricultural duties of planting, harvesting and transporting.<sup id="cite_ref-Women's_Role_in_Economic_Development_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Women's_Role_in_Economic_Development-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Women also have key roles in <a href="/wiki/Tea_cultivation" class="mw-redirect" title="Tea cultivation">tea cultivation</a> and double-cropping rice.<sup id="cite_ref-Woman-Work_144-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woman-Work-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Agricultural income is supplemented by women's work in animal rearing, spinning, basket construction, weaving, and the production of other various crafts.<sup id="cite_ref-Woman-Work_144-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woman-Work-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Urban_and_migrant_work">Urban and migrant work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Urban and migrant work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In China, only the person who works (not their spouse) receives <a href="/wiki/Social_security_in_China" title="Social security in China">social security</a> benefits.<sup id="cite_ref-:0222_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0222-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 241">: 241 </span></sup> This is a factor contributing to women's high participation in the urban workplace.<sup id="cite_ref-:0222_147-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0222-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 241">: 241 </span></sup> </p><p>The People's Republic of China's dependence on low-wage manufacturing to produce goods for the <a href="/wiki/International_market" class="mw-redirect" title="International market">international market</a> is due to changes in <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_China" title="Economy of China">China's economic policies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gender_and_Change_148-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gender_and_Change-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These economic policies have also encouraged the <a href="/wiki/Export" title="Export">export</a> industries.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Urban industrial areas are staffed with young migrant women workers who leave their rural homes. Since males are more likely than females to attend college, rural females often migrate to urban employment in hopes of supplementing their families' incomes.<sup id="cite_ref-Female_Migrant_150-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Female_Migrant-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1984 the reform of the Regulations of Permanent Residence Registration marked an increase in the migration of rural Chinese workers. As the restrictions on residence became more lenient, less penalizing, and permitted people to travel to find employment, more women engaged in <a href="/wiki/Migrant_labor" class="mw-redirect" title="Migrant labor">migrant labor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Female_Migrant_150-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Female_Migrant-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the cities, women could find low-paying work as factory workers. These increased employment opportunities drew women out of rural areas in hopes of escaping poverty.<sup id="cite_ref-Female_Migrant_150-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Female_Migrant-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although this reformed system enabled the migration of rural residents, it prohibited them from accepting any benefits in the cities or changing their permanent residence, which led to a majority of <a href="/wiki/Migrant_worker" title="Migrant worker">migrant workers</a> not receiving any forms of medical care, education, or housing.<sup id="cite_ref-Female_Migrant_150-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Female_Migrant-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nationally, male <a href="/wiki/Migrant_workers" class="mw-redirect" title="Migrant workers">migrant workers</a> outnumber female migrants 2:1, i.e. women comprise about 30% of the so-called '<a href="/wiki/Floating_population" title="Floating population">floating population</a>'.<sup id="cite_ref-Female_Migrant_150-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Female_Migrant-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in some areas, <a href="/wiki/Guangdong" title="Guangdong">Guangdong</a> Province, for example, the ratio favors women. In the industrial <a href="/wiki/Nanshan_District,_Shenzhen" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanshan District, Shenzhen">district of Nanshan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shenzhen" title="Shenzhen">Shenzhen</a>, 80 percent of the migrant workers were women. A preference for younger women over older women has led to a predominantly young population of migrant workers.<sup id="cite_ref-Female_Migrant_150-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Female_Migrant-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Married women have more restrictions on mobility due to duties to the family, whereas younger women are more likely to not be married. Also, younger rural women are less likely to become pregnant, possess nimble fingers, are more able to work longer hours, and are less knowledgeable about their <a href="/wiki/Statutory" class="mw-redirect" title="Statutory">statutory</a> rights.<sup id="cite_ref-Female_Migrant_150-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Female_Migrant-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the women who are able to gain employment, they then face the possibility of being forced to sign a contract prohibiting them from getting pregnant or married during their period of employment.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chinese law mandates the coverage of maternity leave and costs of childbirth. These maternity laws have led to employers' reluctance to hire women.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stereotypically_"feminine"_jobs_and_professions"><span id="Stereotypically_.22feminine.22_jobs_and_professions"></span>Stereotypically "feminine" jobs and professions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Stereotypically "feminine" jobs and professions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Along with economic reforms in China, gender differences in terms of physical appearance and bodily gestures have been made more visible through the media and commerce. This has created jobs that demand stereotypically feminine attributes, particularly in the service industry. Sales representatives in cosmetics and clothing stores are usually young, attractive women who continually cultivate their feminine appearance, corresponding to images of women in advertisements.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chinese women nowadays also dominate other domains of professional training such as <a href="/wiki/Psychotherapy" title="Psychotherapy">psychotherapy</a>. Courses and workshops in psychotherapy attract women of different ages who feel the burden of sensitively mastering social relations in and outside their households and at the same time as a channel to realize themselves as individuals not reduced to their familial roles as mothers or wives.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women_executives">Women executives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Women executives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Women are substantially less represented in senior management than men.<sup id="cite_ref-:72_141-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:72-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 1–2">: 1–2 </span></sup> According to the China Stock Market and Accounting Research Database, the proportion of women executives of publicly traded Chinese companies has increased in age cohorts from executives born in the 1950s to executives born in the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-:0242_91-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0242-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 70">: 70 </span></sup> As of 2017, only 12% of executives born in the 1950s were women, compared with 23% of those born in the 1970s, 35% of those born in the 1980s, and 42% of those born in the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-:0242_91-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0242-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 70">: 70 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Female_Billionaires">Female Billionaires</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Female Billionaires"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018 of all self-made female billionaires in the world, 61% were from China, including nine out of the top 10, as well as the world's richest self-made female billionaire <a href="/wiki/Zhong_Huijuan" title="Zhong Huijuan">Zhong Huijuan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Women_in_politics">Women in politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Women in politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Women_in_Chinese_government" title="Women in Chinese government">Women in Chinese government</a></div> <p>Mao Zedong established a quota for the inclusion of women within Communist Party leadership, although few women have reached the highest positions within the Party.<sup id="cite_ref-:112_160-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:112-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 62">: 62 </span></sup> </p><p>Rural women had a significant impact on China's land reform movement, with the Communist Party making specific efforts to mobilize them for agrarian revolution.<sup id="cite_ref-:18_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:18-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Party activists observed that because peasant women were less tied to old power structures, they more readily opposed those identified as class enemies.<sup id="cite_ref-:19_162-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:19-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1947, <a href="/wiki/Deng_Yingchao" title="Deng Yingchao">Deng Yingchao</a> emphasized at a land reform policy meeting that "women function as great mobilizers when they speak bitterness."<sup id="cite_ref-:18_161-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:18-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/All-China_Women%27s_Federation" title="All-China Women's Federation">All-China Women's Federation</a> issued a call to Party activists to encourage peasant women to understand their "special bitterness" from a class perspective.<sup id="cite_ref-:19_162-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:19-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Women activists helped peasant women prepare to speak in public, including by roleplaying as landlords to help such women practice.<sup id="cite_ref-:19_162-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:19-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the Cultural Revolution, two women who were model workers -- <a href="/wiki/Wu_Guixian" title="Wu Guixian">Wu Guixian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Li_Suwen" title="Li Suwen">Li Suwen</a>—rose to become national level political leaders in only seven years.<sup id="cite_ref-:112_160-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:112-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 160">: 160 </span></sup> </p><p>Women's political disadvantage is most evident in their severe under representation in the more powerful political positions.<sup id="cite_ref-Bauer_90-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bauer-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the top level of decision making, no woman has ever been among the nine members of the <a href="/wiki/Politburo_Standing_Committee_of_the_Communist_Party_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China">Standing Committee of the Communist Party's Politburo</a>. Just 3 of 27 government ministers are women, and importantly, since 1997, China has fallen to 53rd place from 16th in the world in terms of female representation at its parliament, the <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Congress" title="National People's Congress">National People's Congress</a>, according to the <a href="/wiki/Inter-Parliamentary_Union" title="Inter-Parliamentary Union">Inter-Parliamentary Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Party leaders such as <a href="/wiki/Zhao_Ziyang" title="Zhao Ziyang">Zhao Ziyang</a> have vigorously opposed the participation of women in the political process.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within the Chinese Communist Party women face a <a href="/wiki/Glass_ceiling" title="Glass ceiling">glass ceiling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the early 2000s, <a href="/wiki/Civil_Service_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Service of the People's Republic of China">China's civil service</a> has institutionalized recruitment quotas for women (along with other quotas for non-Communist Party members and ethnic groups), to increase representation in the civil service.<sup id="cite_ref-:032_166-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:032-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 147">: 147 </span></sup> </p><p>Chinese women in politics generally have higher levels of educational attainment than men, with 75% of them having graduate-level degrees compared with 56% of men.<sup id="cite_ref-:0242_91-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0242-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 71">: 71 </span></sup> </p><p>Neighborhood committees of the Communist Party are often led by older women.<sup id="cite_ref-:0242_91-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0242-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 118">: 118 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crimes_against_women">Crimes against women</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Crimes against women"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Domestic_violence">Domestic violence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Domestic violence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Domestic_violence_in_China" title="Domestic violence in China">Domestic violence in China</a></div> <p>In Henan in the 1980s, activist <a href="/wiki/Liang_Jun_(activist)" title="Liang Jun (activist)">Liang Jun</a> campaigned against domestic violence.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_167-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004, the All-China Women's Federation compiled survey results to show that thirty percent of families in China experienced <a href="/wiki/Domestic_violence" title="Domestic violence">domestic violence</a>, with 16 percent of men having beaten their wives. In 2003, the percentage of women domestically abusing men increased, with 10 percent of familial violence involving male victims.<sup id="cite_ref-state.gov_168-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.gov-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chinese Marriage Law was amended in 2001 to offer mediation services and compensation to those who were subjected to domestic violence. Domestic violence was finally criminalized with the 2005 amendment of the Law of Protection of Rights and Interests of Women.<sup id="cite_ref-Margi_169-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Margi-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the lack of public awareness of the 2005 amendment has allowed <a href="/wiki/Spousal_abuse" class="mw-redirect" title="Spousal abuse">spousal abuse</a> to persist.<sup id="cite_ref-state.gov_168-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.gov-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, China's highest court issued guidelines<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that make it easier for domestic violence victims to obtain personal protection orders.<sup id="cite_ref-english.court.gov.cn_171-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-english.court.gov.cn-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The guidelines broadens the definition of domestic violence to include additional conduct such as stalking, harassment, and verbal abuse; it also lowers the threshold for proof.<sup id="cite_ref-english.court.gov.cn_171-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-english.court.gov.cn-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_safety"><span id="Women.27s_safety"></span>Women's safety</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Women's safety"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>China is generally considered a safe place for women, having some of the lowest <a href="/wiki/Crime_rates" class="mw-redirect" title="Crime rates">crime rates</a> in the world. However, crime is systematically underreported and women continue to face <a href="/wiki/Discrimination" title="Discrimination">discrimination</a> in public and private spaces.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In recent years, with the rise of feminist voices on China's social media platforms, many incidences of violence were able to be reported. One of the incidences that triggered the most outrage and fear was <a href="/wiki/2022_Tangshan_restaurant_attack" title="2022 Tangshan restaurant attack">2022 Tangshan restaurant attack</a>. On June 10, 2022, a group of men brutally assaulted four women at a barbecue restaurant in <a href="/wiki/Lubei_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lubei District">Lubei District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tangshan" title="Tangshan">Tangshan</a> at midnight. A drunken man, after his failed attempt to sexually harass a woman, was irritated and, along with his companions, violently attacked four women at the restaurant.<sup id="cite_ref-:05_173-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:05-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the report of the incidence and the restaurant's CCTV footage were uploaded online, they were quickly circulated.<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The government officials, after the attack happened, initially offered self-contradictory accounts on the handling of suspects.<sup id="cite_ref-:05_173-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:05-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview with the newspaper <a href="/wiki/The_Paper_(newspaper)" title="The Paper (newspaper)">The Paper</a> on the afternoon of June 10, Tangshan Police claimed they had detained the suspects right after the incidence, while the secretary of Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of Tangshan said the police were still searching for the suspects. On June 11, all the suspects were detained. </p><p>A fierce public debate was also generated with regard to whether such attack was relevant to gender issues. Several Chinese authorities denied the significance of gender played in the attack, claiming it was about public security but not women's security specifically.<sup id="cite_ref-:05_173-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:05-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> And many believed the blame should be about these specific attackers rather than be generalized to "all man".<sup id="cite_ref-:05_173-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:05-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, many feminists disagreed with such view and were in outrage. They thought those voices essentially dismissed the origin of the attack being a failed attempt of sexual harassment towards women and underplayed the structural violence experienced by women in everyday life.<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foot_binding">Foot binding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Foot binding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Foot_binding" title="Foot binding">Foot binding</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Foot_binding-_wealthy_Chinese_women.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Women with bound feet, Beijing, 1900" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Foot_binding-_wealthy_Chinese_women.jpg/220px-Foot_binding-_wealthy_Chinese_women.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="231" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Foot_binding-_wealthy_Chinese_women.jpg/330px-Foot_binding-_wealthy_Chinese_women.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Foot_binding-_wealthy_Chinese_women.jpg/440px-Foot_binding-_wealthy_Chinese_women.jpg 2x" data-file-width="931" data-file-height="978" /></a><figcaption>Women with <a href="/wiki/Bound_feet" class="mw-redirect" title="Bound feet">bound feet</a> in 1900</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1912, following the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing dynasty</a> and the end of imperial rule, the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republican government</a> outlawed foot binding,<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and popular attitudes toward the practice began to shift by the late nineteenth century. Foodbound women became the symbol of a weak Chinese state.<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Colonialism greatly influenced the shifting attitudes among elite Chinese men surrounding foot binding. As commentators from the West denounced foot binding, "elite Chinese rapidly came to understand foot binding as barbaric, painful, harmful to women's health and childbearing, unscientific..." and more.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although outlawed, it continued to be practiced in many areas.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1949, the practice of footbinding was successfully banned.<sup id="cite_ref-foot_binding_180-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foot_binding-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Y._Ko" title="Dorothy Y. Ko">Dorothy Y. Ko</a>, bound feet can be seen as a footnote of "all that was wrong with traditional China: oppression of women, <a href="/wiki/Isolationism" title="Isolationism">insularity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Despotism" title="Despotism">despotism</a>, and disregard for human rights". However they can also be seen as <a href="/wiki/Female_empowerment" class="mw-redirect" title="Female empowerment">female empowerment</a> within a traditional patriarchal society.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trafficking">Trafficking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Trafficking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Human trafficking in the People's Republic of China">Human trafficking in the People's Republic of China</a></div> <p>In the 1950s, Mao Zedong, the first chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, launched a campaign to eradicate prostitution throughout China. The campaign made the act of trafficking women severely punishable by law.<sup id="cite_ref-Ditmore2_182-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ditmore2-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A major component was the <a href="/wiki/Rehabilitation_(penology)" title="Rehabilitation (penology)">rehabilitation</a> program in which prostitutes and trafficked women were provided "medical treatment, thought reform, job training, and family reintegration".<sup id="cite_ref-Ditmore2_182-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ditmore2-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the economic reform in 1979, sex trafficking and other social vices have revived.<sup id="cite_ref-Ditmore2_182-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ditmore2-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to United Nations Inter-Agency Project On Human Trafficking (UNIAP), China is both the source and the destination for human trafficking.<sup id="cite_ref-:06_184-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:06-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UNIAP reports shows, with the rise of inter-provincial migration within the country, Chinese women between 16 and 20 years are the main victims of trafficking.<sup id="cite_ref-:06_184-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:06-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Southeastern provinces such as Yunnan and Guizhou are the main source provinces, while Fujian, Guangdong, and Shandong are the main destination provinces of trafficking.<sup id="cite_ref-:06_184-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:06-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cross-border trafficking of women is also prevalent in China.<sup id="cite_ref-:06_184-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:06-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many migrants from Vietnam, Russia, Korea and Myanmar are trafficked into China and sold for purposes such as commercial sexual exploitation and forced marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-:06_184-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:06-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The huge market for human trafficking is partially due to the uneven gender ratio caused by the one-child policy.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_185-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The increasing bachelors in China produces a high demand for bride trafficking.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_185-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Women trafficked are kidnapped from their homes and sold to gangs who <a href="/wiki/Sex_trafficking_in_China" title="Sex trafficking in China">traffic women</a>, often displacing them by great distances, making it difficult for them to escape.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Men who purchase the women often do not allow them to leave the house, and take their documentation.<sup id="cite_ref-trafficking2_187-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trafficking2-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many women become pregnant and have children, and are burdened to provide for their family.<sup id="cite_ref-trafficking2_187-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trafficking2-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NPR_2022-02-17_188-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR_2022-02-17-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In recent years, China passed a number of laws against trafficking including the latest statement "Notice by the General Office of the State Council of Issuing China's Action Plan against Human Abduction and Trafficking (2021-2030)" released in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, recent trafficking cases such as the widespread <a href="/wiki/Xuzhou_chained_woman_incident" title="Xuzhou chained woman incident">Xuzhou chained woman incident</a> have pose doubt on the effective enforcement of anti-trafficking laws in China.<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 28, 2022, a video showing a mentally traumatized woman chained to the wall in Fengxian, Xuzhou by her husband went viral on social platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-:23_191-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:23-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government initially released a statement claiming the woman was legally married to the husband. As the public's skepticism grew, the statement was overturned by the police investigative team, who verified it was in fact a case of human trafficking.<sup id="cite_ref-:23_191-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:23-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government later claimed to locate the true identity of the woman, although many were still highly skeptical of the result of official investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-:23_191-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:23-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wuyi, a volunteer who went to Xuzhou to further investigate by herself, has encountered state obstruction and been imprisoned ever since.<sup id="cite_ref-NPR_2022-02-17_188-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR_2022-02-17-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prostitution">Prostitution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Prostitution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Prostitution in the People's Republic of China">Prostitution in the People's Republic of China</a></div> <p>Shortly after taking power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party embarked upon a series of campaigns that purportedly eradicated <a href="/wiki/Prostitution" title="Prostitution">prostitution</a> from <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a> by the early 1960s. Since the loosening of government controls over society in the early 1980s, prostitution in mainland China not only has become more visible, but also can now be found throughout both urban and rural areas. In spite of government efforts, prostitution has now developed to the extent that it comprises an industry involving a large number of people and producing a significant economic output.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Prostitution has also become associated with a number of problems, including <a href="/wiki/Organized_crime" title="Organized crime">organized crime</a>, government corruption, and <a href="/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_diseases" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexually transmitted diseases">sexually transmitted diseases</a>. 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(2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/503828045"><i>Mao Zedong and China in the twentieth-century world : a concise history</i></a>. Durham [NC]: <a href="/wiki/Duke_University_Press" title="Duke University Press">Duke University Press</a>. p. 33. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8223-4780-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8223-4780-4"><bdi>978-0-8223-4780-4</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/503828045">503828045</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221212114812/https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/503828045">Archived</a> from the original on 2022-12-12<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Paris: Foreign languages press. pp. 338–343. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-491182-89-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-491182-89-2"><bdi>978-2-491182-89-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1325647379">1325647379</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034320/https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1325647379">Archived</a> from the original on 2023-03-26<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Rebecca E. Karl, Xueping Zhong, 钟雪萍. 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Paris: Foreign languages press. p. 338. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-491182-89-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-491182-89-2"><bdi>978-2-491182-89-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1325647379">1325647379</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034320/https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1325647379">Archived</a> from the original on 2023-03-26<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/503828045"><i>Mao Zedong and China in the twentieth-century world : a concise history</i></a>. Durham [NC]: <a href="/wiki/Duke_University_Press" title="Duke University Press">Duke University Press</a>. p. 45. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8223-4780-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8223-4780-4"><bdi>978-0-8223-4780-4</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/503828045">503828045</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221212114812/https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/503828045">Archived</a> from the original on 2022-12-12<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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"At the beginning: the status of women in Neolithic and Shang China". <i>NAN NÜ</i>. <b>1</b> (1): 1–63. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1163%2F156852699X00054">10.1163/156852699X00054</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=NAN+N%C3%9C&rft.atitle=At+the+beginning%3A+the+status+of+women+in+Neolithic+and+Shang+China&rft.volume=1&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=1-63&rft.date=1999&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1163%2F156852699X00054&rft.aulast=Keightley&rft.aufirst=David+N.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen+in+China" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWu2009" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Wu 吴, Xiaohua 晓华 (2009). "周代男女角色定位及其对现代社会的影响" [Role orientation of men and women in the Zhou Dynasty and their effects on modern society]. <i>Chang'An Daxue Xuebao (Shehui Kexue Ban)</i> (in Chinese). <b>11</b> (3): 86–92.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Chang%27An+Daxue+Xuebao+%28Shehui+Kexue+Ban%29&rft.atitle=%E5%91%A8%E4%BB%A3%E7%94%B7%E5%A5%B3%E8%A7%92%E8%89%B2%E5%AE%9A%E4%BD%8D%E5%8F%8A%E5%85%B6%E5%AF%B9%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E7%A4%BE%E4%BC%9A%E7%9A%84%E5%BD%B1%E5%93%8D&rft.volume=11&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=86-92&rft.date=2009&rft.aulast=Wu+%E5%90%B4&rft.aufirst=Xiaohua+%E6%99%93%E5%8D%8E&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen+in+China" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_China&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><div class="side-box metadata side-box-right"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library">Library resources</a> about <br /> <b>Women in China</b> <hr /></div> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?st=wp&su=Women+in+China">Resources in your library</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?st=wp&su=Women+in+China&library=0CHOOSE0">Resources in other libraries</a></li> </ul></div></div> </div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Women_of_China" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Women of China">Women of China</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Country_Briefing_Papers/Women_in_PRC/default.asp">Women in the People's Republic of China</a> (Country Briefing Paper) (pdf doc.) by the <a href="/wiki/Asian_Development_Bank" title="Asian Development Bank">Asian Development Bank</a> (Pub. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_China" title="History of China">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Chinese_history" title="Timeline of Chinese history">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_historiography" title="Chinese historiography">Historiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_China" title="Military history of China">Military history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Chinese_language" title="History of the Chinese language">Language</a></li> <li>Economic <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_China_before_1912" title="Economic history of China before 1912">before 1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Economic history of China (1912–1949)">1912–1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_China_(1949%E2%80%93present)" title="Economic history of China (1949–present)">1949–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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China">Neolithic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yellow_River_civilization" title="Yellow River civilization">Yellow River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yangtze_civilization" title="Yangtze civilization">Yangtze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liao_civilization" title="Liao civilization">Liao</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/History_of_China#Ancient_China" title="History of China">Ancient</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xia_dynasty" title="Xia dynasty">Xia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shang_dynasty" title="Shang dynasty">Shang</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Late_Shang" title="Late Shang">Late</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhou_dynasty" title="Zhou dynasty">Zhou</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Zhou" title="Western Zhou">Western Zhou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_period" title="Spring and Autumn period">Spring and Autumn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warring_States_period" title="Warring States period">Warring States</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/History_of_China#Imperial_China" title="History of China">Imperial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qin_dynasty" title="Qin dynasty">Qin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Kingdoms" title="Three Kingdoms">Three Kingdoms</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cao_Wei" title="Cao Wei">Wei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shu_Han" title="Shu Han">Han</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shu_Han" title="Shu Han">Wu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(266%E2%80%93420)" title="Jin dynasty (266–420)">Jin (266–420)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixteen_Kingdoms" title="Sixteen Kingdoms">Sixteen Kingdoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_and_Southern_dynasties" title="Northern and Southern dynasties">Northern and Southern dynasties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sui_dynasty" title="Sui dynasty">Sui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Dynasties_and_Ten_Kingdoms_period" title="Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period">Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liao_dynasty" title="Liao dynasty">Liao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Song_dynasty" title="Song dynasty">Song</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(1115%E2%80%931234)" title="Jin dynasty (1115–1234)">Jin (1115–1234)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuan_dynasty" title="Yuan dynasty">Yuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/High_Qing_era" title="High Qing era">High Qing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Century_of_humiliation" title="Century of humiliation">Century of humiliation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion" title="Taiping Rebellion">Taiping Rebellion</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/History_of_China#Modern_China" title="History of China">Modern</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1911_Revolution" title="1911 Revolution">1911 Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Revolution" title="Chinese Communist Revolution">Chinese Communist Revolution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="History of the People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre" title="1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre">Tiananmen Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_economic_reform" title="Chinese economic reform">Economic reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_mainland_China" title="COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China">COVID-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Uyghurs_in_China" title="Persecution of Uyghurs in China">persecution of Uyghurs</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_China" title="Geography of China">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Borders_of_China" title="Borders of China">Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_China" title="List of extreme points of China">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_China" title="Geology of China">Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_disasters_in_China" title="Natural disasters in China">Natural disasters</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_China" title="List of regions of China">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_China" title="East China">East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_China" title="Northeast China">Northeast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_China" title="North China">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Central_China" title="South Central China">South Central</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_China" title="Central China">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_China" title="South China">South</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_China" title="Western China">Western</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_China" title="Northwestern China">Northwestern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_China" title="Southwestern China">Southwestern</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Terrain</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Bays_of_China" title="Category:Bays of China">Bays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Canyons_and_gorges_of_China" title="Category:Canyons and gorges of China">Canyons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Caves_of_China" title="Category:Caves of China">Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Deserts_of_China" title="Category:Deserts of China">Deserts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Grasslands_of_China" title="Category:Grasslands of China">Grasslands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hills_of_China" title="Category:Hills of China">Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_China" title="List of islands of China">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mountains_of_China" title="Category:Mountains of China">Mountains</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mountain_ranges_of_China" title="Category:Mountain ranges of China">ranges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mountain_passes_of_China" title="Category:Mountain passes of China">passes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Peninsulas_of_China" title="Category:Peninsulas of China">Peninsulas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_China_Plain" title="Northeast China Plain">Northeast</a> / <a href="/wiki/North_China_Plain" title="North China Plain">North</a> / <a href="/wiki/Zhongyuan" title="Zhongyuan">Central Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Valleys_of_China" title="Category:Valleys of China">Valleys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_China" title="List of volcanoes in China">Volcanoes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Water</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Canals_in_China" title="Category:Canals in China">Canals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_China" title="List of lakes of China">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_China" title="List of rivers of China">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Waterfalls_of_China" title="Category:Waterfalls of China">Waterfalls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wetlands_of_China" title="Category:Wetlands of China">Wetlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_resources_of_China" title="Water resources of China">Water resources</a></li> <li>Seas <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bohai_Sea" title="Bohai Sea">Bohai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Sea" title="Yellow Sea">Yellow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_China_Sea" title="East China Sea">East China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_China" title="Environment of China">Environment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_China" title="Climate change in China">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_policy_of_China" title="Climate policy of China">Climate policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_China" title="Environmental issues in China">Environmental issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_policy_in_China" title="Environmental policy in China">Environmental policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_China" title="List of protected areas of China">Protected areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_China" title="List of national parks of China">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Nature_reserves_in_China" title="Category:Nature reserves in China">Nature reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_UNESCO_Biosphere_Reserves_in_China" class="mw-redirect" title="List of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in China">UNESCO Biosphere Reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_China" title="Wildlife of China">Wildlife</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Fauna of China">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_China" title="Flora of China">Flora</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_China" title="Administrative divisions of China">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baselines_of_the_Chinese_territorial_sea" title="Baselines of the Chinese territorial sea">Baseline islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Border_crossings_of_China" title="Category:Border crossings of China">Border crossings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_China" title="List of cities in China">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_China" title="Administrative divisions of China">Province-level subdivisions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_China" title="Politics of China">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Law" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="Law of the People's Republic of China">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_of_China" title="Judicial system of China">Judicial system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_China" title="Human rights in China">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_China" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in China">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Tibet" title="Human rights in Tibet">in Tibet</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_China" title="Law enforcement in China">Law enforcement</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Penal_system_in_China" title="Penal system in China">Penal system</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naming_laws_in_China" title="Naming laws in China">Naming laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationality_law_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationality law of China">Nationality law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_China" title="Terrorism in China">Terrorism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_China" title="Government of China">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_service_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="Civil service of the People's Republic of China">Civil service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_China" title="Constitution of China">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democracy_in_China" title="Democracy in China">Democracy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_democracy_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese democracy movement">Pro-democratisation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_China" title="Elections in China">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_policy_in_China" title="Environmental policy in China">Environmental policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_China" title="Foreign relations of China">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Congress" title="National People's Congress">National People's Congress</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Committee_of_the_National_People%27s_Congress" title="Standing Committee of the National People's Congress">Standing Committee</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_security_of_China" title="National security of China">National security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_China" title="List of political parties in China">Political parties and movements</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party">General Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">Politburo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_front_(China)" title="United front (China)">United front</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_People%27s_Political_Consultative_Conference" title="Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference">Political Consultative Conference</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialism_with_Chinese_characteristics" title="Socialism with Chinese characteristics">Socialism with Chinese characteristics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Primary_stage_of_socialism" title="Primary stage of socialism">Primary stage of socialism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_China" title="President of China">President</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_China" title="Vice President of China">Vice President</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Council_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="State Council of the People's Republic of China">State Council</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_China" title="Premier of China">Premier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Premier_of_China" title="Vice Premier of China">Vice Premier</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_country,_two_systems" title="One country, two systems">One country, two systems</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Military_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of China">Military</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_the_military_history_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="Outline of the military history of the People's Republic of China">Outline of military history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Military_Commission_(China)" title="Central Military Commission (China)">Central Military Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defense_(China)" title="Ministry of National Defense (China)">Ministry of National Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Ground_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Ground Force">Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Navy" title="People's Liberation Army Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Air_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Air Force">Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Rocket_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Rocket Force">Rocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Strategic_Support_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force">Strategic Support</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Armed_Police" title="People's Armed Police">People's Armed Police</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/China_Coast_Guard" title="China Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Militia_(China)" title="Militia (China)">Militia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_Militia" title="Maritime Militia">Maritime Militia</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_China" title="Economy of China">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_China" title="Agriculture in China">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aquaculture_in_China" title="Aquaculture in China">Aquaculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_China" title="Banking in China">Banking</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Bank_of_China" title="People's Bank of China">Central bank</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renminbi" title="Renminbi">Currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_China_(1949%E2%80%93present)" title="Economic history of China (1949–present)">Economic history</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_economic_reform" title="Chinese economic reform">Reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_economic_zones_of_China" title="Special economic zones of China">Special economic zones</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-commerce_in_China" title="E-commerce in China">E-commerce</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Online_advertising_in_China" title="Online advertising in China">Online advertising</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_policy_of_China" title="Energy policy of China">Energy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coal_in_China" title="Coal in China">Coal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_China" title="Petroleum industry in China">Petroleum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_China" title="Renewable energy in China">Renewable</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_aid_to_China" title="Foreign aid to China">Foreign aid received</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_foreign_aid" title="Chinese foreign aid">Foreign aid program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_GDP_of_China" title="Historical GDP of China">Historical GDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Industry_of_China" title="Industry of China">Industry</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_industry_in_China" title="Chemical industry in China">Chemical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_mining_in_China" title="Gold mining in China">Gold mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semiconductor_industry_in_China" title="Semiconductor industry in China">Semiconductors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steel_industry_in_China" title="Steel industry in China">Steel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textile_industry_in_China" title="Textile industry in China">Textiles</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_China" title="Poverty in China">Poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard_of_living_in_China" title="Standard of living in China">Standard of living</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_China" title="Taxation in China">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_China" title="Tourism in China">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_trade_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="History of trade of the People's Republic of China">Trade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_in_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Architecture in China">Architecture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Housing_in_China" title="Housing in China">Housing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_China" title="Telecommunications in China">Telecommunications</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Internet_in_China" title="Internet in China">Internet</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_China" title="Water supply and sanitation in China">Water supply and sanitation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_China" title="Transport in China">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_China" title="Automotive industry in China">Automotive industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_aviation_in_China" title="Civil aviation in China">Civil aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_China" title="Rail transport in China">Rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shipping_industry_of_China" title="Shipping industry of China">Shipping industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_space_program" title="Chinese space program">Space program</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_China" title="Category:Society of China">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_China" title="Abortion in China">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Censorship_in_China" title="Censorship in China">Censorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Dream" title="Chinese Dream">Chinese Dream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_China" title="Crime in China">Crime</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_China" title="Corruption in China">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_China" title="Prostitution in China">Prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sex_trafficking_in_China" title="Sex trafficking in China">Sex trafficking</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_China" title="Education in China">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_China" title="Literacy in China">Literacy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmonious_Society" title="Harmonious Society">Harmonious Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_in_China" title="Health in China">Health</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Food_safety_in_China" title="Food safety in China">Food safety</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Food_safety_incidents_in_China" title="Food safety incidents in China">incidents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_China" title="HIV/AIDS in China">HIV/AIDS</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_intellectualism" title="Chinese intellectualism">Intellectualism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese language</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Written_Chinese" title="Written Chinese">Written Chinese</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propaganda_in_China" title="Propaganda in China">Propaganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_China" title="Public holidays in China">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_society_in_China" title="Rural society in China">Rural society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_China" title="Science and technology in China">Science and technology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Technological_and_industrial_history_of_China" title="Technological and industrial history of China">history</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexuality_in_China" title="Sexuality in China">Sexuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_issues_in_China" title="Social issues in China">Social issues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patriarchy_in_China" title="Patriarchy in China">Patriarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racism_in_China" title="Racism in China">Racism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_discrimination_in_China" title="Regional discrimination in China">Regional discrimination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suicide_in_China" title="Suicide in China">Suicide</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_social_relations" title="Chinese social relations">Social relations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Social_structure_of_China" title="Social structure of China">Structure</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_in_China" title="Time in China">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_society_in_China" title="Urban society in China">Urban society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welfare_in_China" title="Welfare in China">Welfare</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Culture of China">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archaeology_of_China" title="Archaeology of China">Archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archives_in_China" title="Archives in China">Archives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_art" title="Chinese art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_calligraphy" title="Chinese calligraphy">Calligraphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_China" title="Cinema of China">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_cuisine" title="Chinese cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance_in_China" title="Dance in China">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libraries_in_China" title="Libraries in China">Libraries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_literature" title="Chinese literature">Literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_poetry" title="Chinese poetry">Poetry</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_martial_arts" title="Chinese martial arts">Martial arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_China" title="Mass media in China">Mass media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_China" title="Music of China">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_China" title="Names of China">Names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_philosophy" title="Chinese philosophy">Philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoking_in_China" title="Smoking in China">Smoking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_China" title="Sport in China">Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_tea_culture" title="Chinese tea culture">Tea culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_variety_art" title="Chinese variety art">Variety art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Historical_and_Cultural_Site_Protected_at_the_National_Level" class="mw-redirect" title="Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level">Major Historical and Cultural Sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_China" title="List of World Heritage Sites in China">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Fours_of_China" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Fours of China</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Four_Treasures_of_the_Study" title="Four Treasures of the Study">Four Treasures of the Study</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Great_Inventions" title="Four Great Inventions">Four Great Inventions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Gentlemen" title="Four Gentlemen">Four Gentlemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flowers_of_the_Four_Seasons" title="Flowers of the Four Seasons">Flowers of the Four Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Beauties" title="Four Beauties">Four Beauties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classic_Chinese_Novels" title="Classic Chinese Novels">Four Classic Novels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_arts" title="Four arts">Four arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Symbols" title="Four Symbols">Four Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Holy_Beasts" title="Four Holy Beasts">Four Holy Beasts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Pillars_of_Destiny" title="Four Pillars of Destiny">Four Pillars of Destiny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Paragons_of_the_Early_Tang" title="Four Paragons of the Early Tang">Four Paragons of the Early Tang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Masters_of_the_Ming_dynasty" title="Four Masters of the Ming dynasty">Four Masters of the Ming dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Masters_of_the_Yuan_dynasty" title="Four Masters of the Yuan dynasty">Four Masters of the Yuan dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Wangs" title="Four Wangs">Four Wangs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gang_of_Four" title="Gang of Four">Gang of Four</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Olds" title="Four Olds">Four Olds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Pests_campaign" title="Four Pests campaign">Four Pests campaign</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_China" title="Demographics of China">Demographics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_emigration" title="Chinese emigration">Emigration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_China" title="List of ethnic groups in China">Ethnic groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eunuchs_in_China" title="Eunuchs in China">Eunuchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migration_in_China" title="Migration in China">Internal migration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_China" title="Languages of China">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chinese_administrative_divisions_by_life_expectancy" title="List of Chinese administrative divisions by life expectancy">Life expectancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Bureau_of_Statistics_of_China" title="National Bureau of Statistics of China">Statistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Population_history_of_China" title="Population history of China">Population history</a> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Post-80s" title="Post-80s">Post-80s</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Post-90s" title="Post-90s">Post-90s</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urbanization_in_China" title="Urbanization in China">Urbanization</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_China" title="Religion in China">Religion</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_China" title="Buddhism in China">Buddhism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Buddhism" title="Chinese Buddhism">Chinese Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism" title="Tibetan Buddhism">Tibetan Buddhism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confucianism" title="Confucianism">Confucianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_folk_religion" title="Chinese folk religion">Folk religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_China" title="Christianity in China">Christianity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_China" title="Catholic Church in China">Catholic Church in China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestantism_in_China" title="Protestantism in China">Protestantism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_China" title="Freedom of religion in China">Freedom of religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_religion_in_China" title="History of religion in China">History of religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_China" title="Irreligion in China">Irreligion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_China" title="Islam in 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