Sure there's that niggling problem of the millions of missing girl babies, and goodness knows there's still some NPCs with outdated sexist opinions, but generally women are doing great for themselves in China and - barring a couple of hurdles that still need to be conquered - represent a talent pool the likes the world has never known. At least that's what a study from the Center for Work-Life Policy (CWLP) proposes. more ›

Betty Friedan would be ashamed! Shanghai women may be rumored to be independent and strong willed, but it looks like the thing they're still most afraid of is not getting married by the time they're 30. These women, allegedly past prime child birthing years, are called "3s ladies" or "sheng nu" (leftover women). It seems that rather than looking up to these 70s-born career women, more than 70% of female graduates in 17 Chinese universities think they're to be pitied. Well, if even top grads feel that way, then no wonder there's such a huge university student "mistress" problem. more ›

As if unsafe food, natural disasters and the possibility of needing to clean up crude oil in nothing but your skivvies wasn't bad enough, men in China may be facing a more dire threat to their health - the one child policy and its resulting lack of women. more ›

Shaolin monks aren't the only unlikely football fans in China - this tofu seller at a wet market in Jiangsu Province (near Shanghai) showed an amazing amount of control tossing and kicking a bag of tofu. She could give Ronaldo a run for his money! more ›

As if it wasn't bad enough that girl babies still aren't wanted by the general populace (despite gains in Shanghai) and work interviews targeted at females seem to have gotten increasingly ridiculous, now a list is circulating about the ten criteria of being a "modern Chinese woman"... and it looks like it ain't easy being us, folks. more ›

And here we thought Shanghai Craigslist would never get as interesting as its New York version. In a recent posting entitled "Betraying ex' expensive stuff and life style in Shanghai for sale!" a scorned Chinese woman is trying to make some extra cash from a recent break-up: more ›

Bet you never thought this would be a victim of the recession: foreign men with yellow fever. According to a Shanghai Daily article, they've been losing their attraction as potential husbands for unmarried Chinese women since the financial crisis began. more ›