Chinese female economists blasted for meeting Yellen‘TRAITOR’: Critics online, including a professor, accused the women of being US spies or getting some reward for meeting with the US Treasury headBloombergA group of Chinese female economists and entrepreneurs who dined with US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen have been blasted by online nationalists for betraying their country by interacting with the US official. US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, center, speaks during a lunch meeting with female economists in Beijing on Saturday. “I see it all the time when I’m almost the only woman in the room,” Yellen told the women. The backlash against the women echoes attacks waged by online nationalists against foreign female journalists of ethnic Chinese origin working for Western news organizations. “Women’s participation in the workforce is one of the major drivers of creating inclusive growth,” the Treasury said in a statement after Yellen’s meeting.
