Women in China

Like women in many other cultures, women in China have been historically oppressed. For thousands of years, women in China lived under the patriarchal social order characterized by the Confucius teaching of "filial piety". In modern China, the lives of women have changed significantly due to the late Qing dynasty reforms, the changes of the Republican period, the Chinese Civil War, and the rise of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

Quotes

• “In ancient Tibet there was a kind of feudal discrimination against women; however, compared to the fate of Chinese women, Tibetan women had a much better status, almost equal to that of men. » ... “many of the high reincarnations of our lamas are women – so, at least from a religious point of view, women have been well treated”.
  • Dalai Lama, quoted from François Gautier - Les mots du dernier Dalaï-lama (2018, Flammarion)