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Contents

List of illustrations vii
Notes on contributors viii

Series editor’s foreword x
Acknowledgements xi

Introduction 1
ANNE E.McLAREN

PART I ‘New’ domains in the Chinese market economy 17
1 Why women count: Chinese women and the leadership
of reform 19
DAVID S.G.GOODMAN

2 Femininity and authority: women in China’s private
sector 41
CLODAGH WYLIE

3 The maid in China: opportunities, challenges and the
story of becoming modern 63
WANNING SUN
4 Feminist prostitution debates: are there any sex workers
in China? 81
ELAINE JEFFREYS

PART II Women in the professions 103
5 Constraining women’s political work with ‘women’s
work’: the Chinese Communist Party and women’s
participation in politics 105
LOUISE EDWARDS
6 Women and technology in the teaching profession:
multi-literacy and curriculum impact 125
STEPHANIE HEMELRYK DONALD