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She led an army of women against Qing forces, fought her whole life for women’s rights, and slapped the country’s top leaders for failing to commit to gender equality—meet Tang Qunying, one of China’s earliest feminists

Does Zhan Ying’s win in China’s misogynistic online beauty pageant mean that men in China finally choosing brains over looks?

From harassment at matches to misogynistic sports websites, China’s female sports fans struggle to find a safe space

The death of an influencer throws the spotlight on weight loss camps in China

A 32-year-old Chinese woman’s bumpy road to advocate for gender equality and feminist ideologies in rural China.

Against euphemisms like “Big Aunty” and black bags hiding sanitary pads, young Chinese women are fighting back against period taboo in China?

Follow three Chinese women in male-dominated industries as they find success and reflect on prejudices surrounding their gender

Despite discrimination, harassment, and misunderstanding, some female bartenders in China still enjoy their job as a creative outlet.

Meet Chinese feminist Xie Lihua, a four-decade veteran of China’s female awakening

From outcry on human trafficking to an assault in a restaurant to new legal protections for women, see our round-up of the most important feminist issues in China in 2022

Learn the amazing story of Wang Zhengyi, a female Chinese mathematician and astronomy who translated mathematical concepts for common people and advocated equal access to learning for both sexes

Two years on from the fan fiction platform Archive of Our Own becoming inaccessible, China’s Boys’ Love lovers are still searching for alternative ways to safely create and consume the queer content they crave—not just for entertainment.