{
  "id": 337189,
  "title": "Is China’s party newspaper carrying more stories highlighting women’s role as mothers?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/is-chinas-party-newspaper-carrying-more-stories-highlighting-womens-337189",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-09T02:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3363407/chinas-party-newspaper-carrying-more-stories-highlighting-womens-role-mothers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "“Women hold up half the sky.” This iconic quote attributed to Mao Zedong has been central to Beijing’s messaging about gender equality for decades. It was not just a slogan. After the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949, the Communist Party passed a Marriage Law that banned arranged marriages, abolished foot-binding and encouraged women to enter education and the workplace. But the party’s…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Is China’s party newspaper carrying more stories highlighting women’s role as mothers?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/is-chinas-party-newspaper-carrying-more-stories-highlighting-womens",
        "published": "2026-08-09T02:00:11.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}