Beijing and the birth rate: a question of human rights for womenYun JiangThe Interpreter08 March

Beijing and the birth rate: a question of human rights for women by Yun Jiang the interpreter, 8 March 2023 Link: human-rights-women Despite the government’s gender positive rhetoric, Chinese women are still viewed as resources of the party state As China grapples with population decline, the pressure on women in China is o. [...] Under paramount leader Xi Jinping, women’s rights continue to deteriorate as the state pressures women to have more children to arrest the decline. [...] Gender equality has always been a central part of the messaging to women by the Communist Party of China. [...] Rather, women are primarily viewed as a resource to be deployed for the benefit of the party state. [...] Now that the birth rate in China has plummeted, the party sees women as central to population growth.