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A wedding takes place in Kaizhou city, Chongqing, in 2014. As long as a preference for sons exists, daughters will continue to be seen as good for little more than marrying a man and bearing his children. Photo: Shutterstock
China society

Opinion | Why women in China are still at risk of abduction and forced marriage

The latest incident has exposed many failings in local authorities’ work in a country where a mindset of favouring sons over daughters still exists.

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Fame and celebrity

Who was Gloria Steinem’s late husband, David Bale – the father of Christian Bale?

China society

Opinion | By voicing their needs, Chinese women are normalising them

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China society

Opinion | In China, the pressure on women to marry is deadly serious

Wedding-day death of Henan teacher highlights desperation of young women caught between modern hopes and traditional expectations.

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Some people in China are sharing AI-generated videos of middle-aged single women crying in hospitals, regretting their choice not to marry or have children. Photo: SCMP composite / Shutterstock / Douyin
Women and gender

Being Chinese | Why Chinese women like me are done being quiet and ‘appropriate’

Chinese women are praised for gentleness. Our tone must please; our anger must be graceful. But a new generation is speaking out.

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Women and gender

‘New women but no new men’: feminist evolution unfinished in China, scholar says

Wang Zheng says many women in China may have redefined their roles but, as with much social progress, there have been setbacks.

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Art

The artist who wore nothing but light bulbs to scandalise communist Poland

Ewa Partum kissed strangers, aged herself on stage, and scattered propaganda letters across Poland. Now, her first Asia show is in Sheung Wan.

Feminist artist Ewa Partum’s first exhibition in Asia is on at Double Q Gallery, in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, bringing together works across photography, film, mixed media, and on paper. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Women and gender

China pledges US$110 million for women’s empowerment at Beijing global summit

President Xi Jinping highlights shared global duty as he pledges US$10 million for UN Women and US$100 million for China-led fund.

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Chinese traditional art

Video | Hong Kong’s female lion dancers

The young women in Kwok’s Girls have been challenging traditional gender norms in Hong Kong’s male-dominated lion dance scene  

Women and gender

Being Chinese | How far Chinese women have come since my grandmother’s time

I have more equal status than my grandmother did in the pre-communist era. But young women are still pushing back against discrimination.

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Women in period costume record a dance with a phone in Beijing on February 25. Photo: EPA-EFE
Women and gender

Opinion | China’s gender conversations must go offline to empower everyone

Much of China’s gender debate happens on online platforms that simply don’t offer the space and nuance needed for such a complex issue.

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Online activism has its place but a lack of in-person discussion risks deepening the divide on gender. Photo: Shutterstock
Women and gender

Opinion | Chiung Yao’s celebration of women’s freedom goes deeper than her paeans to love

As Chinese women embrace feminism, the writer’s final celebration of her independence perhaps resonates more deeply than her love stories.

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Trending in China

China KOL mimics famous athlete in sexy video, igniting objectification debate

‘No matter how hard she tries to look like Wu Yanni, she cannot run as fast as her,’ says a commenter.

China economy

Video | Women are leading China’s growing wine industry

How some of the best wines in China are being made by women
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China society

Opinion | Why China’s women are talking back like never before

A resurgence of content by women for women is a sign that more Chinese females are ready to engage with issues related to their rights.

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Stand-up comedian Qiqi (centre) chats with fellow comedians Ailun (right) and Yang Mei (second right) and fans after a performance at a shopping mall in Beijing in November 2020. Photo: AFP
Families in China

Video | Meet one of China’s ‘full-time dads’

China society

Being Chinese | Put a ring on it? Chinese women don’t need marriage any more

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

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Viral stories

Feminist Japan TV anchor fired for saying men’s body odour ‘hard to endure’

A feminist news anchor in Japan has been fired over comments she made about the “hard to endure” nature of men’s body odour that has prompted a fierce debate about the patriarchal nature of Japanese society.

A feminist news anchor in Japan has been fired over comments she made about the “hard to endure” nature of men’s body odour. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/X.com@funifuniyuri
Jianbing

Prominent Chinese activists sentenced to up to 5 years on subversion charges

#MeToo and labour rights campaigners Sophia Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing, had been detained since 2021.

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China's population

Video | Young feminist defies Chinese government’s childbearing drive

Women and gender

From gyms to hostels, women in China are creating female-friendly spaces

The phenomenon is in stark contrast to China’s official clubs and elite politics, where female participation is minimal, if not absent.

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Women-only fitness centres and other services are springing up in multiple cities in China. Photo: Shutterstock
China society

Opinion | Cracking down on marriage gifts does nothing for Chinese women’s rights

If Beijing really wants encourage marriage, rather than putting pressure on women and their family to stop this admittedly problematic custom, it should address the gender inequalities that make marriage unattractive to women.

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China’s gender imbalance, a legacy of its one-child policy, has encouraged families with daughters to demand an increasingly high caili, or betrothal gift, from their prospective in-laws. Photo: Shutterstock
China’s Communist Party

China’s top women’s affairs official vows to promote marriage and family

Shen Yiqin, state councillor and president of the All-China Women’s Federation, says women must contribute to the ‘great cause of national rejuvenation’.

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American cinema

Hong Kong feminist forum unpacks Barbie movie’s messaging about inclusion

Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster film based on the Mattel dolls and starring Margot Robbie as Barbie has sparked conversations about feminism and patriarchy, and Hongkongers can join in at an upcoming event.

Women and gender

Letters | Why Chinese men needn’t be put off by Barbie and feminism

Readers discuss the message of the new movie, Japanese students’ struggle with English and the behaviour of a British band in Malaysia.

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A trailer for the movie “Barbie” is shown on a giant screen outside a shopping mall in Beijing on July 20. Photo: AFP
Women and gender

Could Barbie be the answer to promoting women’s rights in China?

Hollywood’s latest blockbuster has become the unlikely heroine in fighting China’s gender disparity.

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Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie star in the Greta Gerwig-directed film Barbie, which is seeing a wave of feminist discussion sweep China. Photo: Warner Bros/TNS
US-China relations

How Yellen’s women’s power lunch exposed China’s divide over women’s rights

US treasury secretary held several meetings on recent Beijing visit but only an all-women lunch drew ire from nationalists on social media.

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China's population

Video | No longer ‘leftover’: China’s women take charge

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