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
Photo of a Chinese woman
Empress Wu Zetian
Young women playing polo (8th century, Tang Dynasty).
Figurines of women, Tang dynasty.
Mao Zedong
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Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revolutionary, political theorist and the founder of the People's Republic of China. He led China from the PRC's establishment in October 1949 until his death in Sep
Women in China
…agenda of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since the 1949 proclamation of the People's Republic of China. Following the Chinese Communist Revolution, Mao Zedong replaced the common use of the term "女人" [nüren] with "妇女" [funü] as he famously said "妇女能顶半边天" (Women hold up half the sky). "妇女" [funü] is a term for…
Formal portrait, 1950
Mao in 1913
Students in Beijing rallying during the May Fourth Movement
Location of the first Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in July 1921, in Xintiandi, former French Concession, Shanghai