1.0Department of Sociology and Anthropology/socanthcuthemeedtr5/socanth/author/cuthemeedtr5/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="DhUBTDmHgP"><a href="/socanth/2016/xiaobei-chen-womens-status-china/">Xiaobei Chen, Women Can Hold Up Half the Sky</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/socanth/2016/xiaobei-chen-womens-status-china/embed/#?secret=DhUBTDmHgP" width="600" height="338" title="“Xiaobei Chen, Women Can Hold Up Half the Sky” — Department of Sociology and Anthropology" data-secret="DhUBTDmHgP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/socanth/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Xiaobei Chen spoke at the Celebrating International Women’s Day 2016 event organized by the Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre on March 8, 2016. She reflected on the socialist legacy in improving women’s status in China and regression since the post-1978 market economy reform. She drew parallels between gender disparity in China and Canada, arguing that […]