Market economy eroded gender equality - Zhang Lijia

Zhang Lijia

Women have been bearing most of the burden of China's shift from state economy to market economy, says author Zhang Lijia of Lotus: A Novel, on prostitution in China, at the BBC World Service. Despite a lot of advantages, women suffered severe setbacks. State owned companies let women go at 45 years of age, and getting hired at the sexist job market has been harder than ever, she adds. "Some refuse to hire women at a child-bearing age."

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