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China is changing dramatically from a tightly controlled communist regime, established in October 1949 when the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was declared in Beijing, to a much more laissez-faire giant pursuing ‘socialism with Chinese characteristics’, a process that started in 1978 with the ‘open door’ policy of economic reform (Wen and Tisdell, 2001). While it is generally agreed that women’s social status improves when a society becomes more affluent, as in China, whether the gap in career opportunities between male and female remains, needs to be explored.
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Moore, S., Wen, J.J. (2007). Sharon Moore and Julie Jie Wen. In: Yau, O.H.M., Chow, R.P.M. (eds) Harmony versus Conflict in Asian Business. Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series Centre for the Study of Emerging Markets Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230590441_3
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