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iiclr-17652	Wells, Allison J.	Chinese Women Experience a Negative Side Effect of the Growing Private Sector in Gender-Based Employment Discrimination	1996	28	.pdf	application/pdf	11899	684	60	2 ' A series of White Papers entitled The Situation of Chinese Women were published in June of 1994 and made the following representations (among others): that the status of Chinese women is not entirely satisfactory because of the influence of old concepts and the constraints of social development; 22 that [firom time to time women experience instances of prejudice, discrimination, and infringement of their rights;123 that extensive legislation exists within the Constitution, the Law on the Protection of Rights and Interests of Women, and various specific state laws, regulations, and administrative measures, which are based on the equal rights of men and women, protection of special rights and interests of women, and elimination of discrimination;1 24 that the basic principle that women enjoy equal working rights with men is detailed;' 2 that enforce- ment of the granted rights is addressed by creating a committee to conduct surveys and make suggestions for resolution, empowering courts to judge cases of infringement on women's rights and interests, supporting women's organizations including the All-China Women's Federation, and supporting the media and other means furthering the female self-improvement campaigns.12 In these statements China does acknowledge that there is still some level of discrimination against women in China, but that everything possible is being done by the government to combat that discrimination.' TIMES, Apr. 30, 1994 (the gender-ghetto effect is pervasive throughout the region); see also Korabik, supra note 50 (Despite the equal pay laws, Chinese women earn only about 72 to 74 percent of what men earn.); see also Maria Hsia Chang, Women, in HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 251, 263 (1988); see also Youngblood, supra note 71 (reporting ratio of income for urban women to urban men as 77:100). 91.	cache/iiclr-17652.pdf	txt/iiclr-17652.txt