Before March 2012, I knew nothing about G(irls)20 Summit. It was by chance that I learned about the summit through Shanghai Roots and Shoots, and this...
Kerry Kennedy | Posted 05.05.2012
While the U.S. State Department and Chinese officials wrangle over Mr. Chen's fate, the larger questions concern the horrific contours of government population control and the fate of those who dissent in China.
Posted 02.03.2012
Though recent years have reportedly brought China's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community a bit more out of the shadows of old, a ne...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joseph Erbentraut | Posted 02.07.2012
May Tchao wasn't always an aspiring filmmaker, but after working in the advertising industry for years, the Chinese-American Evanston, Ill. resident k...
Marla Mossman | Posted 12.02.2011
Posted 05.25.2011
In China, a country where men vastly outnumber women, the art of dating has taken on a certain level of urgency not found in other nations. But as...
Marcia Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011
It's not that Western women don't question, "Who am I and what is my life's purpose?" It's that we aren't asking it from the top rungs of the corporate ladder as they are doing in China.
The Guardian | Shahesta Shaitly | Posted 05.25.2011
Women from the Mosuo tribe do not marry, take as many lovers as they wish and have no word for "father" or "husband." But the arrival of tourism and t...
The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011
Chen Wei-yih has finally planned the wedding day she's been dreaming about since she was a young girl. On Nov. 6, the Taiwanese office worker will rep...
The Washington Post | Keith B. Richburg | Posted 05.25.2011
A growing number of Chinese women -- mostly in their 20s and about to get married -- are opting for a surgical procedure called "hymen restoration," w...
Debora L. Spar | Posted 05.25.2011
From my perch at Barnard College, I see an extraordinary generation of young women grappling with new ideas about feminism and new views of women's power and leadership.
Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 05.25.2011
The Vagina Monologues' appearance here captures a crucial moment of change in the way young Chinese women are thinking about their sexuality and their status.
Hongmei Li | Posted 11.17.2011
The contradictions in the way Chinese women are portrayed for the Olympics symbolizes the confusion and complexities of what Chinese femininity means in a globalizing world.
Kefei Wu | Posted 05.21.2012