![]() ![]() I just wanted to escape,” says Wu, her eyes welling with tears as she recalls the violence of her married life. “I cried every day on my drive home from work. Wu recently managed to obtain a divorce from her abusive husband after five years of marriage, but only by giving up her home, her life savings, and most of her belongings. Slender and beautiful, she could be the perfect cover model for a magazine feature on “China’s richest women.” Yet, as she speaks, a darker picture emerges. Just thirty-one years old, she makes around one million RMB (roughly $150,000) a year as an attorney in Beijing, a salary that likely places her in the top 1 percent income bracket in China. ![]() On the face of it, Wu Mei (not her real name) represents the modern Chinese woman who has achieved spectacular success. Leta Hong Fincher ▪ Spring 2013ĬP poster urges women to “Strive to accelerate the achievement of agricultural mechanization.” A combination of factors in recent years has contributed to a fall in the status and material well-being of Chinese women relative to men. ![]()
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