ABSTRACT
Introduction Rural women are easily ignored by the public and studies on them are few and far between, although the estimated number of rural women in China was around 320 million in 2010 (NBS 2011). This research studies Chinese rural women by exploring their participation in public spaces in rural China. I consider public spaces as places that are open and freely accessible to people (including venues for special events) with face-to-face interaction as an essential element.
