Among those named in Asia’s Power Businesswomen list are Kuok Hui Kwong, chairman of luxury hotel group Shangri-la Asia, and ...

Thirty years after the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, promised to advance women’s rights and empowerment ...

Every five years China holds a national women’s congress. Like the country’s annual plenary session of parliament or the Communist Party’s own five-yearly congress, the gathering of women is a ...

The Communist Party’s solution to the country’s demographic crisis and a slowing economy is to push women back into traditional roles. By Alexandra Stevenson At China’s top political gathering for ...

China's President Xi Jinping speaks during a opening ceremony of the Global Women’s Summit 2025 at China National Convention Center on October 13, 2025 in Beijing, China. Ken Ishii/Pool via REUTERS ...