“Women hold up half the sky.”
This iconic quote attributed to Mao Zedong has been central to Beijing’s messaging about gender equality for decades.
It was not just a slogan. After the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949, the Communist Party passed a Marriage Law that banned arranged marriages, abolished foot-binding and encouraged women to enter education and the workplace.
But the party’s stance on where women belong has shifted over the decades, according to a new study.
To gauge the…
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