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How equal is modern China? The country's fast gaining a reputation for producing successful businesswomen - a recent survey found that half of senior management roles in China were held by women. But a new book suggests this is misleading. In Leftover Women, American journalist Leta Hong Fincher argues that educated, professional women are second-class citizens compared to men and that the gender imbalance is getting worse. She explains what the term ‘leftover women’ means.

(Photo: A 'singles fair' organised by a wedding planning agency in Shanghai, China. Credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)