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Leslie T. Chang (Chinese: 張彤禾; pinyin: Zhāng Tónghé) is a Chinese-American journalist and the author of Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China (2008). A former China correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, she has been described as "an insightful interpreter of a society in flux." [1]
As China established special economic zones and other newly industrialized sectors in the 1980s, dagongmei dominated the workforce in those areas. [1] These unique zones largely employed female migrant workers in industries related to electronics, clothing, or toy manufacturing as well as in businesses like retail or hospitality. [ 6 ]
Lu Yin was born in the Chinese province of Fujian in 1898 however, the exact date of her birth remains in question. [1] Lu Yin's birth name is widely cited by historical resources as Huang Ying with some accounts offering the name Huang Shuyi as an alternate birth name. [1]
From the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 CE) until the modern period (1840–1919), scholars and rulers developed a male-dominated patriarchal society in China. [8] Patriarchy is a social and philosophical system where men are considered as superior to women, and thus men should have more power in decision-making than women. [9]
The Shaoguan incident (Chinese: 韶关事件) was a civil disturbance which took place overnight on 25–26 June 2009 in Guangdong, China.A violent dispute erupted between migrant Uyghurs and Han Chinese workers at a toy factory in Shaoguan as a result of false allegations of the sexual assault of a Han Chinese woman.
HONG KONG — In China, she’s being called the “female Yao Ming.”. In a video that quickly went viral this week, Zhang Ziyu, a 7-foot-3 basketball player from Shandong province, can be seen ...
A propaganda poster with Iron Girls. Iron Girls (sometimes translated as Iron Women) is a term that was popularized in China during the 1950s through the 1970s.It was used to define a new idealized emerging group of working women who were strong and capable of performing highly demanding labor tasks, usually assigned to men.
What a dreamy shade of lavender and even dreamier floral designs! This set from @dorotapalicka is perfect for spring.. 3. Sparkling Green Foil