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"Businessmen go to KTV bars and often patronize prostitutes together. It’s hard for women to share the same bonding experiences."
Prof. Susan Brownell, University of Missouri-St. Louis (China’s Gender Gap Reaches from Rural Areas to Cities)
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"Everyone is trying to get us to sacrifice ourselves, to look after children, husbands, old people."
Wang Man, NGO employee in Beijing (Rejecting the “Leftover Women” Label)
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"The whole system here is designed to pressure women to give up and just drop it. But I didn’t. I just didn’t give up."
Kim Lee, former wife of Crazy English founder Li Yang (Kim Lee Speaks Out for Victims of Domestic Violence)
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"She seldom . . . expresses her political opinions. Her role is not at the head of the table"
Fudan professor Pu Xingzu on Liu Yandong, the lone woman in the Politburo (Women Power Up? Not Yet)
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