If we let Amy Chua become the new model of a successful working mother, we're letting fathers off way too easy.

China has spent millions on its soft reputation and fears that honoring Liu Xiaobo threatens that. But the real threat to the benign face of China is China itself.

Deborah Fallows looks at China through spoken, written and body language, and finds it an abrupt, tender and ultimately more comprehensible place.

The headlines for March 31, 2010.

Virtual harrassment in China rises to a very real level.

A professor talks about why she decided to adopt rather than give birth as a single woman.

An article in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine reveals that contrary to popular assumptions, the "daughter deficit" is more the fault of the rich than of the poor.

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