{"id":3648,"date":"2012-10-17T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/?p=3648"},"modified":"2021-10-11T11:16:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T11:16:45","slug":"women-hold-half-the-sky-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2012\/10\/17\/women-hold-half-the-sky-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Women hold half the sky in China"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3648\" class=\"elementor elementor-3648\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d33f09a elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"5d33f09a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e4cc8b6\" data-id=\"4e4cc8b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a5a18d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a5a18d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Women hold half the sky in China<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c72569c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c72569c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cf3fa33\" data-id=\"6cf3fa33\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2003d72a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2003d72a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A saying of Mao which is actually practised in China and it is particularly heart warming in our steel industry. What we usually see among men of steel is men drinking (Ok Chinese also drink), smoking and discussions of various prowesses, in China it is replaced by the feminine touch both at the shop floor and of course in sales.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c01bad5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c01bad5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A beautiful (Piao liang) woman explaining the equipment and steel making is certainly more interesting than walking through the plant with a male guide. Steel has never had any sort of appeal (apart from people like us who also dream of steel) but in China there is some beauty along with the steel.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3db663ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3db663ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Three cheers to China on this front as it truly democratizes the steel industry as far as gender is concerned and brings in role models for generations to follow. India, Korea, Japan\u2026.we all are being left behind. The later two are perhaps even worse. Their neighbour has borrowed their technology, innovated on it and is now even feminizing it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56c31abd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56c31abd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Feichang Hao!!!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-481b5df7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"481b5df7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>dtd. 17\/10\/2012<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women hold half the sky in China A saying of Mao which is actually practised in China and it is particularly heart warming in our steel industry. 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