- Countries:
- China, Pakistan
- Topics:
- Ideas, Diaspora, Elections, Gender, Governance, History, Politics
- Languages:
- Chinese
The murder of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan has shocked Xin Haiguang and he realizes that women have played a very special role in Asia politics. Most of them pick up the mission of their fathers and husbands and become symbols of reform, however usually end in exile or death (zh).
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