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Welcome to Our Body Politics.

I'm Farai Chidea.

Today we're revisiting an episode from November 2021 as we gear up to cover the midterm elections this fall.

Like so many of our shows, it brings up enduring themes,

gender equity, the rights of children,

and how to create a healthy financial future.

We start by exploring gender equity in China

and how that maps with a complicated relationship

between that global superpower and the US.

Both nations are grappling with the fight over women's rights and bodily autonomy.

Our next guest is an expert on the topic.

Leda Hong Fincher is a journalist and scholar who studies the feminist movement in China,

and her book, Betraying Big Brother examines the Chinese government's arrest of five feminists in 2015

and the repercussions of the Chinese movement against patriarchy. Welcome, Leda.

Thanks so much for having me, Fri. I remember going to one of the book launch events for

Betraying Big Brother, The Feminist Awakening in China. And in it, you are talking about

one of the anti-authoritarian Chinese feminist Liu Pin. Who is she? And give us the scope of your book.

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