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China’s ‘Left Over’ Women

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 […]

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India’s Congress Party Names Rahul Gandhi Vice President

In an effort to boost the 42-year old heir to the Gandhi–Nehru political dynasty’s helm, India’s ruling Congress Party created the post of Vice PresidentĀ of the party and nominated him to fill the seat, underscoring his position as the party’s number two under his mother Sonia Gandhi, the Congress Party president. Sonia is the wife […]

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