Q&A with David Batchelor 1 discussion

The Taikonaut Liu Xueli was an Olympic gymnast for China, earning gold and silver medals in the Beijing Olympics. But then she got older. With influence of her mother, a member of the Communist Party's ruling Central committee, Xueli became a Taikonaut -- the first female astronaut for China. Despite this achievement, she was treated as a disposable person by every Chinese man if she got in his way. Do you think this reflects the status of women in china fairly?