All-China Women's Federation: A Party Representative or Feminist Organization? (Top Paper).

This study critically examined whose interests All-China Women's Federation did, do and will represent by situating this organization in the past 90 years of development of Chinese women's movement. The study concluded that this organization has shifted between a party organ and a nongovernmental organization that represents women's interests, or sometimes played both roles. Complex characteristics of Chinese women's movement will make it more challenging for the future development of this organization. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]