Women in China
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Women in China make up approximately 49% of the population. In modern China, the lives of women have changed significantly due to the late Qing dynasty reforms, the changes of the Republican period, t
Empress Wu Zetian
Young women playing polo (8th century, Tang Dynasty).
Figurines of women, Tang dynasty.
Female infanticide in China
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China has a history of female infanticide which spans 2,000 years. When Christian missionaries arrived in China in the late sixteenth century, they witnessed newborns being thrown into rivers or onto
Burying Babies in China (p.40, March 1865, XXII)
Chinese anti-infanticide tract circa 1800
Baby Tower in Fujian Province
Roadside sign in Danshan, Yanjiang District, Ziyang, Sichuan, which reads "It is forbidden to discriminate against, abuse or abandon baby girls"