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In China, Ruled by Men, Women Quietly Find a Powerful Voice


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Narrative Analysis - Report

Key Focus

  • The bookish flocked to female bookshops to read titles like "The Woman Destroyed" and "Living a Feminist Life.". . Women in Shanghai, and some of China's other biggest cities, are negotiating the fragile terms of public expression at a politically precarious moment ...
  • He has invoked more traditional roles for women, as caretakers and mothers, in planning a new "childbearing culture" to address a shrinking population.. . But groups of women around China are quietly reclaiming their own identities. Many are from a generation that grew up with more freedom than their mothers ...
  • In China, Ruled by Men, Women Quietly Find a Powerful Voice. . Women in Shanghai gather in bars, salons and bookstores to reclaim their identities as the country's leader calls for China to adopt a "childbearing culture." ...
  • Momentum supporting factors

  • (china,woman_destroyed)
  • (china,feminist_life)
  • (china,cities)
  • (female,space,simone)
  • (female,space,rooms)
  • (female,space,beauvoir)
  • (female,xin)
  • No challenge supporting factor found

    Work-in-progress supporting factors

  • (china,salons)
  • (china,reclaiming)
  • (china,population)
  • (china,female)
  • (china,country)
  • (female,chinese,tropes)
  • (female,tropes)
  • (female,chinese,student)
  • (female,space,student)
  • (female,chinese,space)
  • (female,chinese,question)
  • (female,chinese,nong_he)
  • (female,space,nong_he)
  • (female,chinese,misogynistic)
  • (female,chinese,film)

  • Time PeriodChallengeMomentumWIP
    Report0.00 10.09 89.91

    High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

    High Level Abstraction (HLA)Report
    (1) (china,woman_destroyed)100.00
    (2) (china,salons)98.65
    (3) (china,reclaiming)97.30
    (4) (china,population)95.95
    (5) (china,feminist_life)94.59
    (6) (china,female)93.24
    (7) (china,country)91.89
    (8) (china,cities)90.54
    (9) (female,chinese,tropes)81.08
    (10) (female,tropes)78.38
    (11) (female,chinese,student)70.27
    (12) (female,space,student)67.57
    (13) (female,chinese,space)60.81
    (14) (female,chinese,question)51.35
    (15) (female,chinese,nong_he)43.24
    (16) (female,space,nong_he)35.14
    (17) (female,chinese,misogynistic)32.43
    (18) (female,chinese,film)24.32
    (19) (female,space,film)13.51
    (20) (female,space,simone)12.16
    (21) (female,space,rooms)10.81
    (22) (female,space,beauvoir)9.46
    (23) (female,xin)6.76
    (24) (female,worthlessness)5.41
    (25) (female,woman_destroyed)4.05
    (26) (female,violence)2.70
    (27) (female,threat)1.35

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    Supporting narratives:

    Please refer to knowledge diagram for a complete set of supporting narratives.

    • momentum - Back to HLA
      • The bookish flocked to female bookshops to read titles like "The Woman Destroyed" and "Living a Feminist Life.". . Women in Shanghai, and some of China's other biggest cities, are negotiating the fragile terms of public expression at a politically precarious moment ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (china,woman_destroyed)
        • (china,cities)
        • (china,feminist_life)

    • momentum - Back to HLA
      • Instead she described her bookstore as "woman-themed." When she opened it in 2020, the store was a sprawling space with nooks to foster private conversations and six study rooms named after famous female authors like Simone de Beauvoir. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (female,space,simone)
        • (female,space,beauvoir)
        • (female,space,rooms)
        • Inferred entity relationships (1)
        • (female,space,student) [inferred]

    • momentum - Back to HLA
      • Instead she described her bookstore as "woman-themed." When she opened it in 2020, the store was a sprawling space with nooks to foster private conversations and six study rooms named after famous female authors like Simone de Beauvoir.. . Xin Chao Bookstore served more than 50,000 people through events, workshops and online lectures, Ms ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (female,xin)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • In China, Ruled by Men, Women Quietly Find a Powerful Voice. . Women in Shanghai gather in bars, salons and bookstores to reclaim their identities as the country's leader calls for China to adopt a "childbearing culture." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (china,salons)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • He has invoked more traditional roles for women, as caretakers and mothers, in planning a new "childbearing culture" to address a shrinking population.. . But groups of women around China are quietly reclaiming their own identities. Many are from a generation that grew up with more freedom than their mothers ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (china,reclaiming)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • He has invoked more traditional roles for women, as caretakers and mothers, in planning a new "childbearing culture" to address a shrinking population.. . But groups of women around China are quietly reclaiming their own identities ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (china,population)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The bookish flocked to female bookshops to read titles like "The Woman Destroyed" and "Living a Feminist Life." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (china,female)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Women in Shanghai gather in bars, salons and bookstores to reclaim their identities as the country's leader calls for China to adopt a "childbearing culture." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (china,country)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • At quietly advertised events, women question misogynistic tropes in Chinese culture. "Why are lonely ghosts always female." one woman recently asked, referring to Chinese literature's depiction of homeless women after death ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (female,chinese,tropes)
        • (female,chinese,misogynistic)
        • (female,chinese,question)
        • (female,tropes)
        • Inferred entity relationships (8)
        • (chinese,female,misogynistic) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,space) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,nong_he) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,student) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,film) [inferred]
        • (female,tropes) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,tropes) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,question) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Frustrated by the increasingly narrow understanding of women by the public, Nong He, a film and theater student, held a screening of three documentaries about women by female Chinese directors. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (female,space,nong_he)
        • (female,chinese,student)
        • (female,space,student)
        • (female,space,film)
        • (female,chinese,film)
        • (female,chinese,nong_he)
        • Inferred entity relationships (9)
        • (chinese,female,misogynistic) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,space) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,nong_he) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,student) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,film) [inferred]
        • (female,film,space) [inferred]
        • (female,nong_he,space) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,tropes) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,question) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Frustrated by the increasingly narrow understanding of women by the public, Nong He, a film and theater student, held a screening of three documentaries about women by female Chinese directors.. . "I think we should have a broader space for women to create," Ms. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (female,chinese,space)
        • Inferred entity relationships (7)
        • (chinese,female,misogynistic) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,tropes) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,nong_he) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,question) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,student) [inferred]
        • (chinese,female,film) [inferred]
        • (female,space,student) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Events in her own life unsettled her, too. As female friends shared feelings of shame and worthlessness for not getting married, Ms. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (female,worthlessness)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Others gathered to watch films made by women about women. The bookish flocked to female bookshops to read titles like "The Woman Destroyed" and "Living a Feminist Life.". ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (female,woman_destroyed)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • China's ruling Communist Party has identified feminism as a threat to its authority. Female rights activists have been jailed. Concerns about harassment and violence against women are ignored or outright silenced. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (female,violence)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • China's ruling Communist Party has identified feminism as a threat to its authority. Female rights activists have been jailed. Concerns about harassment and violence against women are ignored or outright silenced ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (female,threat)