Half of Heaven? An Approach to Chinese Women from a Gender Perspective

AbstractChina, a country traditionally closed into itself, takes decades opening his economy and society to the outside. This opening also means an opening of the mentality of its people. What happens with regard to gender issues? How the mentality of the Chinese men and, especially, of the Chinese women has changed? This article intends to conduct a brief look at these issues through my experience living and studying in that society, but, above all, trough some parts of a study conducted in 2012, under the direction of professors of University of Salamanca (Spain). This study was conducted with several discussion groups composed of Chinese students (girls) studying at universities and language schools in Spain