Published: February 16th, 2022,
Last updated: February 16th, 2022
Never before have women’s rights in China been discussed as openly as they are now. TV shows and pop songs deal with gender equality and domestic violence. Emotions regularly run high on social networks when women in this still predominantly patriarchal country are urged to have children – and should keep quiet otherwise. The government is still unsure how it should deal with the discontent of predominantly young women. Concessions and repression still hold the balance. Today, on the occasion of stories like Peng Shuai and a woman who was chained up, we take a closer look at the issue.