BY EMILY MATSON China’s feminist activism has blossomed against all odds to become one of the country’s most dynamic social movements. However, this phenomenon didn’t emerge from a vacuum. Rather, [ … ]
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Translation: Poems by Chinese feminist and revolutionary writer Qiu Jin
BY YILIN WANG While Qiu Jin is widely known as a Chinese revolutionary and her writing is often taught through that context, many existing translations of her poetry are either quite dated or [ … ]
China’s #MeToo: In literature and reality, the patriarchy keeps women from helping women. But they’re fighting back.
BY EMILY MATSON In both literature and in real life, women in China are reluctant to stand up for one another and themselves, and are implicated in their own oppression. [ … ]