Feminism in China

Women in China once believed marriage to be a necessary passage in life. Now they know they can choose to follow their desires.

In the wake of the brutal attack in Tangshan last month, Chinese authorities have focused on organised crime instead of violence against women. While there have been some small steps in the right direction, the state still refuses to treat gendered violence as a systemic problem.

Population growth cannot be engineered with administrative measures. There needs to be incentives and socio-economic conditions that encourage people to have children.

Pop star Spears is not the first celebrity to have behaved erratically in public but conservatorships have not been applied to male stars.