Xi Praises 'Historic Achievements' While Quashing Feminists
President Xi Jinping lauded China's women's rights progress, citing reduced maternal mortality and 'unprecedented confidence' among women in national governance, according to The Guardian . This grand pronouncement at a global women's summit commemorating the 1995 UN conference in Beijing rings hollow considering the regime's well-documented crackdown on feminist activists. These women, often
labeled as 'promoting gender antagonism,' are silenced for daring to advocate for the very rights Xi claims to champion. One might wonder how 'historic achievements' are truly measured when the voices demanding those achievements are systematically jailed, surveilled, and disappeared. It appears 'women's rights' are only acceptable when they are state-approved, non-disruptive, and align perfectly
with existing patriarchal power structures. The West often highlights such hypocrisy abroad, yet conveniently overlooks similar narratives when powerful lobbies influence domestic policy. How many 'historic achievements' are built on silenced dissent?