Lijia Zhang's Blog, page 33
July 24, 2018
July 6, 2018
June 30, 2018
Victory to Carrie Gracie
I am thrilled and delighted to see my old friend Carrie’s victory with the BBC over unequal pay. She is going to donate the back pay money to "gender equality charity The Fawcett Society, to set up a fund for women who need legal advice on equal pay claims"; and "Gracie will now take up to six months of unpaid leave at her own request, using the time to write and speak on both China and gender equality."
June 26, 2018
June 10, 2018
Procession
Today was the day for the Procession, an event to mark 100 years of women’s voting rights in Briton. The sun shone brilliantly on thousands and thousands of women who took part in the march in London, a Chinese friend Kailan and myself included. We chanted, danced, sang and laughed all the way! The city was ablazed with the Suffregate’s colours: purple, green and white.
June 5, 2018
The Pankhursts
One of the many wonderful things about living in London is that you get to meet all sorts of interesting and fabulous poeple. today I had the great honour and pleasure to have coffee with Helen Pankurst, the renowned women’s rights activist and writer. She is the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankurst and the granddaughter of Sylvia Pankurst, both prominent leaders in the British Suffragett movement. When I was in Ethiopia a few years ago, I visited the tomb of Sylvia Pankurst – an anti-colonialist, she spent much of her later life in the country, upon the emperor’s invitation. Back then, I enjoyed meeting Helen’s brother while Helen herself was abroad, promoting the movie Suffragette, to which she was a consultant. Now we finally managed to meet up in London! do check out the fascinating stories of the Pankursts!
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May 31, 2018
40 years reforms and opening up
Last night at an event organized by Beijing Internations Society, I had the great honour and pleasure to share a stage with Pulitzer winning journalist and author Ian Johnson, talking about the reforms and opening up. It was 40 years ago that Deng Xiaoping introduced the policy that dramatically transformed China from one of the poorest countries to the world second largest economy in the world. We focused on the 80s when Ian first made his way to China and a time of my coming of age. The most fascinating era in contemporary China.
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May 25, 2018
May 21, 2018
Are Chinese Girls Easy
here’s an excellent piece by my friend Yajun.
https://supchina.com/2018/02/23/did-you-really-just-ask-me-are-chinese-girls-easy/
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