In Communist China, Women Equal But Lagging Politically
Only one province out of the 22 in china is run by a woman governor, Li Bin, who was appointed in Feb., The Washington Post reported Nov. 2. There is only one female Communist provincial chief, Sun Chunlan, the party secretary in Fujian province, on the east coast. In the past 30 years, China’s Communists have appointed only four women as provincial governors -- Sun is only the second woman Party provincial chief in the 63-year history of Chinese Communist rule. “If we talk about power-sharing, they don’t want women holding up half the sky — or even one-third of the sky,” said Feng Yuan, a women’s rights activist.
Only one province out of the 22 in china is run by a woman governor, Li Bin, who was appointed in Feb., The Washington Post reported Nov. 2. There is only one female Communist provincial chief, Sun Chunlan, the party secretary in Fujian province, on the east coast. In the past 30 years, China’s Communists have appointed only four women as provincial governors -- Sun is only the second woman Party provincial chief in the 63-year history of Chinese Communist rule. “If we talk about power-sharing, they don’t want women holding up half the sky — or even one-third of the sky,” said Feng Yuan, a women’s rights activist.
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