Opinion
Published on: 29. September 2022
China's prettiest myth of 'half the sky'

"Women hold up half the sky" is one of Mao Zedong's most famous one-liners. Truth be told, he never actually said this. To this day, women in China are largely excluded from political power. Economically, on the other hand, they are steadily rising to the top of the world.
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