- M ao ist ▁China . ▁Additionally , ▁others ▁see ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁" d ifference " ▁as ▁an ▁important ▁fac et ▁to ▁their ▁idea ▁of ▁femin ism , ▁meaning ▁being ▁a ▁third ▁world ▁woman ▁should ▁be ▁considered , ▁in ▁their ▁opinion , ▁to ▁be ▁separate ▁from ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁Western ▁femin ism . ▁ ▁Prom inent ▁Chinese ▁femin ists ▁The ▁development ▁of ▁Chinese ▁femin ist ▁theory ▁is ▁connected ▁to ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Commun ist ▁Party . ▁Through out ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century , ▁the ▁problems ▁that ▁femin ists ▁discussed ▁were ▁issues ▁that ▁addressed ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁government ▁and ▁women . ▁Women ▁were ▁often ▁ex cluded ▁from ▁policy ▁debate , ▁and ▁could ▁not ▁argue ▁against ▁government ▁policies ▁or ▁programs . ▁X iny an ▁Ji ang ▁has ▁stated ▁that ▁although ▁femin ists ▁have ▁fought ▁for ▁social ▁equality , ▁they ▁still ▁face ▁disc rim ination ▁because ▁of ▁economic ▁and ▁social ▁challeng es ▁in ▁China . Li ▁X iao ji ang ▁is ▁a ▁writer ▁and ▁scholar ▁that ▁was ▁active ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁in ▁China , ▁and ▁is ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁women ▁sch ol ars ▁of ▁the ▁de cade ▁by ▁sch ol ars ▁such ▁as ▁Wang ▁Zh eng . ▁Her ▁influence ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁women ' s ▁studies ▁classes ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁women ' s ▁studies ▁department ▁in ▁China ▁and ▁Li ▁also ▁created ▁the ▁Women ' s ▁Studies ▁Department ▁at ▁Zh eng z hou ▁University . ▁Her