Single women over the age of 27 in the People’s Republic of China are called ‘left over women’ or ‘sheng nu,’ a derogatory term meant to chide women into ceding independence for marriage. Social expectations on women to get married have made it a social stigma for Chinese women to be independent and unmarried past […]
Read MoreAs his first year as Supreme Leader concludes, analysts have an overall mixed reaction to Kim Jong-un’s style of leadership. Promises of economic reform, innovations in propaganda that has made it more outward facing in nature, and the introduction of a first family with his marriage to Ri Sol-ju are just three of the highlights of the newest Kim’s first year. While the […]
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