Leftover Women
The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China
10th Anniversary Edition
Leta Hong Fincher's landmark book Leftover Women shone a light on the resurgence of gender inequality in 21st-century China. Ten years on, women in China continue to experience a dramatic rolling back of rights and gains in the increasingly patriarchal political climate of the Xi Jinping era.
This updated, 10th anniversary edition was named one of the best books of 2023 by China Books Review and one of the five best books to understand modern China by The Guardian. It includes new interviews and a new preface exploring developments in China in the 10 years since the book's original publication, including the new "three-child policy", the growth in online feminist and LGBTQ activism and the state's increasingly repressive moves against dissent.