International Women’s Day, invented by the Russian Communist Party a century ago, is being turned into a celebration of women’s purchasing power in China. To attract female shoppers online, retailers in China are rebranding International Women’s Day as a day celebrating material indulgence and cosmetic beauty. Quartz/Vipshop Get your discounted underwear before International Women’s Day is over. “It is an indicator of women’s increasing economic power.”But even as women’s economic prowess grows in China, women’s rights are going backward under president Xi Jinping. Chinese authorities also arrested five feminists on Women’s Day in 2015 for planning a protest against sexual harassment.

Source: Huffington Post March 08, 2017 19:07 UTC