More than 733,000 women and girls are incarcerated worldwide, according to the latest statistics from the Institute for Crime ...

China is ramping up efforts to counter its plummeting birth rate, with measures ranging from cash incentives to controversial local campaigns urging women to have children. Last year marked the ...

Young men and women at a railway station in Hangzhou, China, in May. HONG KONG — China’s main intelligence agency has a warning for young people: Beware of “handsome guys” and “beautiful women” ...

Less than two months after Xie Yumei got married in 2021, her husband hit her for the first time. Over the next two years, ...

On gender roles. inequality and sex in China in the 1970s. Text from Revolt Against Plenty where it formed part of the "China 4" page. Chinese women have long been subjugated to the authority of men ...

"The Most Famous Woman In China" chronicles the life of its successful journalist and entrepreneur author. It was 52 years ago that a pioneering U.S. television show hosted by young Chinese American ...

At China’s 2025 Two Sessions, women’s rights received minimal attention despite the government announcing a global summit on gender equality later in the year. While female representation in the ...

New data published by China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission indicates that there are more than 13 million abortions conducted in the country every year, highlighting the huge reliance ...

Women wearing long wigs and ornate traditional dresses milled around a pebbled courtyard, stopping to snap photos under a ...