Page 8 - Chinese Woman Living and Working

Illustrations

Plates

7.1 Villagers’ housing, Hangzhou, 1999 148
7.2 Contemporary ‘European-style villas’ in the Zhejiang countryside, 2000 155

Tables

1.1 Women in leadership positions: cadres and the new rich 23
1.2 Children of interviewees 24
1.3 Wives of the new rich and cadres: age and education 27
1.4 Wives of the new rich and cadres: birthplace 27
1.5 The new rich and cadres: education as a meeting place for marriage 29
1.6 Wives of the new rich: workplace 29
1.7 Wives of the new rich and cadres: occupation 31
2.1 Educational levels 45
2.2 Interview sample 46
2.3 Internet usage 54
5.1 Number and gender composition of deputies to the National People’s Congress 116
5.2 Number and gender composition of deputies to the Standing Committee of the
National People’s Congress 117
5.3 Number and gender composition of Chairs and Vice Chairs to the National
People’s Congress 117
5.4 Number and gender composition of deputies to the 8th 1993–1998 Local
People’s Congresses and their standing committees 117
5.5 Female members of the Political Bureau of the CCP in post-1949 China 118
5.6 Female members of the Party Central Committee in post-1949 China (full
members) 119
5.7 Female members of the Party Central Committee in post-1949 China
(alternate members) 119