My Taiwanese wife used to remark on how much mainland Chinese husbands helped out their wives at home, compared to Taiwanese men. But according to an article in FEER, Chinese men are turning back into male chauvinists. The article cites James Farrer; I guess they mean this book.

There's some other good stuff in this week's FEER, like the report that slams China's legal proposals. Philip Segal writes about

Moves to outlaw sedition and subversion have generated a storm of protest. Even bankers and businessmen are criticizing proposals that may end Hong Kong's freedoms and change the way that business is done.

The Communists just don't understand the concept of self-determination, among other things.

And there's a column by Aidan Foster-Carter, who writes on the foolish anti-Americanism in South Korea.