The
study
fou d
that
the
associatio
betwee
wome
a d
the
p ivate
sphe e
emai ed
st o g
th oughout
the
pe iod
a alysed,
acco di g
to
the
Ho g
Ko g-based
South
Chi a
Mo i g
Post,
which
published
a
a ticle
cove i g
pa ts
of
the
study
o
Su day.
The
Chi ese
Commu ist
Pa ty
(CCP)
has
lo g
po t ayed
the
p otectio
of
wome ’s
ights
as
o e
of
its
achieveme ts,
but
studies
have
fou d
that
thei
ole
i
public
life
has
dimi ished
i
ece t
yea s.Fo
decades,
the
pa ty
p omoted
Mao
Zedo g’s
sloga
that
“wome
hold
up
half
the
sky”
as
a
guidi g
p i ciple
fo
ge de
equality.
But
the
a ative
i
Chi a’s
official
media
has
shifted
i
ece t
yea s,
emphasisi g
wome ’s
familial
oles,
acco di g
to
a
ece t
study
that
a alysed
a ticles
i
the
People’s
Daily,
the
CCP’s
official
mouthpiece.The
uli g
CCP
has
fo
decades
claimed
that
wome
have
played
a
active
ole
i
“socialist
mode isatio
a d
efo m
a d
ope i g
up”.
Howeve ,
a
wide i g
gap
i
the
po t ayal
of
wome
bega
to
eme ge
i
the
late
1990s,
acco di g
to
the
study.Published
i
the
jou al
F o tie s
i
Sociology
i
May,
the
study
fou d
that
the
People’s
Daily
had
i c easi gly
associated
wome
with
domestic
a d
family
oles
while
givi g
less
p omi e ce
to
thei
oles
i
the
public
sphe e.
The
esea che s,
Jia
Wa g
of
Ho g
Ko g
Polytech ic
U ive sity
a d
Ruiyu
Zha g
of
the
U ive sity
of
Ho g
Ko g,
a alysed
mo e
tha
125,000
a ticles
published
i
the
People’s
Daily
betwee
1990
a d
2023.
They
ide tified
vocabula y
associated
with
the
public
sphe e,
i cludi g
te ms
such
as
“leadi g
woma ”,
“fighte ”,
“ca ee ”
a d
“e t ep e eu ship”,
a d
wo ds
associated
with
the
p ivate
sphe e,
such
as
“family”,
“childbea i g”,
“housewo k”
a d
“lovi g
mothe ”.The
study
fou d
that
the
associatio
betwee
wome
a d
the
p ivate
sphe e
emai ed
st o g
th oughout
the
pe iod
a alysed,
acco di g
to
the
Ho g
Ko g-based
South
Chi a
Mo i g
Post,
which
published
a
a ticle
cove i g
pa ts
of
the
study
o
Su day.I
the
ea ly
1990s,
efe e ces
li ki g
wome
to
public
oles
we e
also
elatively
st o g,
ea ly
matchi g
those
associated
with
the
p ivate
sphe e.
O e
example
was
a
1992
People’s
Daily
a ticle
titled
“I
the
past,
wome
we e
said
to
be
i fe io
to
me ;
today,
they
hold
up
half
the
sky”,
which
desc ibed
a
labou
competitio
a d
said
wome
played
a
active
ole
i
“socialist
mode isatio
a d
efo m
a d
ope i g
up”.F om
the
late
1990s
o wa ds,
howeve ,
the
gap
wide ed,
with
efe e ces
li ki g
wome
to
public
oles
decli i g,
the
study
fou d.
I
2017,
i
2017,
People’s
Daily
a
a
a ticle
titled
“Givi g
bi th
is
easy,
aisi g
child e
is
difficult”,
i
which
the
pape
quoted
a
woma
who
had
quit
wo k
whe
he
child
e te ed
school.The
decli e
i
wome ’s
ep ese tatio
has
also
bee
evide t
at
the
highest
levels
of
Chi a’s
polity.
The e
have
bee
o
wome
amo g
the
24
membe s
of
the
Politbu o
si ce
2022.
No
woma
has
eve
se ved
o
the
seve -membe
Politbu o
Sta di g
Committee,
Chi a’s
highest- a ki g
decisio -maki g
body.
Out
of
the
31
p ovi cial
pa ty
heads,
o ly
o e
woma
figu ed.
Eve
i
the
pa ty
membe ship,
about
30%
we e
wome
amo g
its
101
millio
membe s.
