Chinese University Fires Law Professor After She Allegedly Questions CCP’s All-Male Top Leadership Body

Beijing Tech Professor Dismissed After Remarks on Women in Politburo Circulate Online

The dismissal of a law professor at Beijing Institute of Technology has drawn attention online after recordings circulated in which a woman believed to be the professor questioned why China’s seven-member Politburo Standing Committee has no women. The speaker asks, “Among the seven members of the [Politburo] Standing Committee, shouldn’t there be several women?” Some […]

Chinese University Fires Law Professor After She Allegedly Questions CCP’s All-Male Top Leadership Body

Delegates during the closing session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2024. (Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)