Leta Hong Fincher's landmark book Leftover Women shone a light
on the resurgence of gender inequality in 21st-century China. Ten
years on, women in China continue to experience a dramatic rolling
back of rights and gains in the increasingly patriarchal political
climate of the Xi Jinping era.
Leftover Women
explores the structural discrimination against women and the broader
problems with China's economy, politics, and development that lie
behind it. This updated edition includes a new preface exploring
developments in China in the 10 years since the book's original
publication, including the new "three child policy", the
growth in online feminist and LGBTQ activism and the state's
increasingly repressive moves against dissent.
