When it comes to women in senior leadership roles, China has a long way to go.
As the president of the private ride-hailing enterprise Didi Chuxing, Jean Liu is one of the few women who has risen to the top of China’s private sector. Credit: Sikarin Fon Thanachaiary/World Economic Forum, Creative Commons
Women work outside the home at higher rates in China than they do in the United States. But that doesn’t mean they’re getting the top jobs.
Women’s participation in China’s labor force is dropping dramatically, as The Wire reports in this week’s issue. And even though China still has nearly 60 percent of working-age women in the workforce — higher than the United States and the European Union — that representation has not translated to higher representation in executive positio
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