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Chinese Women

Women Changing China and the World: Modern-Day Lessons from a Foot-Binding Foe

Debora L. Spar | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Mao, Women's Issues, Barnard College, Chinese-American, Ruby Yang, College Admissions, Kang Tongbi, Asian-Americans, Water Cube, Chinese Women, Women's Health, Yang Lan, Yan Geling, China, Foot-Binding, Wu Qing, Asia, World News
Debora L. Spar

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.

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The Vagina Monologues Comes to Beijing

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Chinese Women, China, Chinese Youth, Feminism, Sexuality, Beijing, The Vagina Monologues, Chinese Young People, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Julian Baird Gewirtz

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.

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The Beijing Olympics and Chinese Women

Hongmei Li | Posted 08.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Feminity, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, China, Chinese Women, Living News
Hongmei Li

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.

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