China Surplus men and the institution of marriage in China November 19, 2015 0 Written by Xiaoling Shu and Jingjing Chen. A recent policy recommendation by economist Xie Zuoshi advocating “wife sharing” as a solution to a 30-million surplus…
China Women’s Rights Advocacy in China: Some Cautious Optimism? November 10, 2015 0 Written by Cara Wallis. In late September of this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a speech at the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and…
China Sex in China: History, Debates and Policy Implications November 9, 2015 0 Written by Elaine Jeffreys and Haiqing Yu. A standard explanation for the rise of pre-marital sexuality and homosexuality in China is that young people have been…
China Waiting for the small print on the two-child policy November 3, 2015 0 Written by Jackie Sheehan. China’s ageing population and worsening dependency ratio are the driving force behind the decision at last week’s Fifth Plenum of the…
China More men than women in China November 3, 2015 0 Written by Isabelle Attané. The population of China has a characteristic that is shared by very few countries, namely a higher proportion of men than women.…
China Gender inequalities at work in urban China November 2, 2015 0 Written by Jieyu Liu. The Chinese Communist Party firmly believed that the way to achieve national women’s emancipation was to ensure women did full-time paid work…
