Halls of Jade, Walls of Stone, Women in China Today

Chinese women speak out. The Chinese revolution ended the hideous practive of footbinding and brought such basis freedoms as the right of women to choose their spouses, to own and inherit property, to be educated and to receive equal pay for equal work. But have Chinese women attained full equality? In this book, women from many backgrounds - including peasants, actresses, scientists, a defected tennis star, and the only woman President of a university - speak out for the first time on issues crucial to their lives. Their picture of Chinese society is neither particularly flattering nor wholly negative - and the women themselves emerge as couageous, articulate and dedicated to China's future...