Ye Liu and Carl Minzner discuss the social implications of accelerating demographic crisis.
Stephenie Foster, Sarah Kemp, and Wenchi Yu discuss feminist foreign policy and what its implementation could mean for the evolving U.S.-China relationship.
CANCELLED: Tina Wei Kang Pan and Caritta Lin discuss Taiwan’s Modern Women’s Foundation and its fight against domestic violence and sexual assault, and for women’s empowerment.
Roseann Lake discusses her new book and how single women in China are shaping the world's next superpower.
Michelle Vosper discusses her new edited volume Creating Across Cultures: Women in the Arts from China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
A century ago, Chinese feminists fighting for the emancipation of women helped spark the Republican Revolution, which overthrew the Qing empire. After China's Communist revolution of 1949, Chairman Mao famously proclaimed that "women hold up half the sky." In the early years of the People's Republic, the Communist Party sought to transform gender relations with expansive initiatives including the Marriage Law and assigning urban women jobs. Those gains have been eroded in the post-socialist era; women in China have experienced a dramatic rollback of many rights and gains relative to men.
Prominent rights activist, legislator and professor Wu Qing joined the National Committee Vice President Jan Berris in a program co-hosted by the National Committee and Asia Society on December 12, 2012. A well-known public figure in China, Wu Qing has built a reputation as a fearless legislator, human rights activist – particularly on behalf of women, and dedicated teacher. Program Video: