Chinese women opting out of the workforce

International women's day -- Chinese women

For many years, staying at home without a formal job was viewed as shameful for women in China; but now a shift in outlook is seeing many urban women publicly expressing a desire to quit the formal workforce.

At the end of 2010, Tencent and Changjiang Daily surveyed over 20,000 women across China about their professional ambitions. An astounding 40 percent said they wanted to be housewives, 38 percent indicated that they wanted to be professionals, while the remainder expressed no preference at all.

A marked change from decades before when Mao declared that women in China hold up half the sky.

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Source: http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/life/chinese-women-opting-out-workforce-591654

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