In many rural areas of China women cadres have virtually disappeared. For example in Xiangshui County in Jiangsu Province, the number of women serving as secretaries/ deputy secretaries or heads/deputy heads of basic level collective organizations fell from 93 in late 1979 to 12 in 1990 (Zhang Yaofang 1993).

The hills become more rounded. The slopes are either the stooped shoulders of an aging colossus or the muscular flexes of a geologic youngster, but they are pleasant, comforting. This landscape is what most would think of […]

bioclimatic housing

The original criteria for admission into Special Handling Units was demonstrated dangerosity within the institution, chronic disruptiveness, or refusal to cooperate within the structures of the existing institution.[…]A major related concern is that the preoccupation with internal security is exacerbating the problem of dangerosity in society upon the release of some inmates.[…]Inmates to be kept in isolation only for that period of time required to defuse the dangerosity.