Female power
BBC’s choice of Agnes Chow, Chinese Ridiculing leaders as ‘ infl people patriotic intelligent, uential women favor strong, of 2020’
Who are some of the world’s most inspiring and influential women and what are they like? Specific answers may vary among Chinese people, but will likely not include Fang Fang or Agnes Chow - widely disliked in China – who both appeared on the BBC’s list.
“The selection of Fang Fang and Agnes Chow on the BBC’s list is based on the biased lens of the West. The purpose of choosing them is to smear China,” Zhu Wei, a communications researcher at the China University of Political Science and Law, told the Global Times on Wednesday.
Fang was once hailed for publishing online diary during the ongoing COVID- 19 epidemic as it unfolded in Wuhan, Hubei Province, but was later criticized for not presenting a complete picture and deliberately making up some entries to appeal to the West. Chow is most well- known as a Hong Kong secessionist.
Li Yinhe, a prominent sexologist in China, told the Global Times that the BBC made its 100 women of 2020 list based on its own standards and perspective.
BBC choosing these three characters, who negatively affected the stability of Chinese society, show the West’s “elaborate bias” toward China, Zhang Yiwu, a professor at Peking University, told the Global Times on Thursday. “The choice is totally out of ideology.”
On Wednesday, Global Times launched an online poll asking netizens who they thought were the most inspiring and influential Chinese women of 2020. The poll on Sina Weibo garnered more than 13,000 votes in just a few hours. As of press time, scientist Chen Wei had the most votes, followed by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying.
Many chose Chinese internet celebrities Wei Ya and Li Ziqi, who are heavyweights in the e- commerce industry.
While Chinese women are often portrayed as backward and oppressed in many Western media reports, Global Times reporters found that Chinese women of different ages and different occupations are busting old stereotypes. These women are confident and willing to shoulder more responsibilities as they move to the forefront of the world stage.
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