▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁ess ay ▁" Progress ▁of ▁M ank ind ▁and ▁Women ' s ▁Liber ation " ▁( R en lei ▁j in bu ▁y u ▁fun ü ▁j ief ang ) ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁women ' s ▁studies ▁publication ▁in ▁China ; ▁the ▁Association ▁of ▁Women ' s ▁Studies ▁was ▁founded ▁two ▁years ▁later . ▁Her ▁theory ▁was ▁root ed ▁in ▁highlight ing ▁the ▁gender ▁and ▁sexual ▁differences ▁pre val ent ▁in ▁China ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁She ▁explained ▁historical ▁dis cre pan cies ▁through ▁arg uing ▁that ▁traditional ▁cultural ▁norm s ▁existed ▁in ▁social ist ▁China . ▁She ▁also ▁expressed ▁the ▁difficulty ▁for ▁women ▁to ▁identify ▁in ▁China , ▁as ▁they ▁were ▁torn ▁between ▁their ▁established ▁role ▁at ▁home ▁and ▁their ▁new ▁liber ation ▁put ▁upon ▁them ▁by ▁social ism . ▁Nicola ▁Sp ak owski ▁has ▁stated ▁that ▁Li ▁is ▁somewhat ▁critical ▁of ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁Western ▁femin ism ▁on ▁Chinese ▁femin ism . ▁Li ▁arg ues ▁that ▁because ▁there ▁are ▁cultural ▁and ▁language ▁differences ▁between ▁the ▁East ▁and ▁West , ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁Western ▁ide ology ▁becomes ▁a ▁threat ▁to ▁establish ing ▁an ▁independent ▁Chinese ▁femin ist ▁theory . ▁Another ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁prominent ▁femin ist ▁was ▁the ▁an arch ist ▁He - Y in ▁Z hen ▁who ▁founded ▁the ▁Journal ▁" N atural ▁Justice " ▁while ▁in ▁ex ile ▁in ▁Japan . ▁He - Y in ▁focused ▁on ▁issues ▁within ▁Chinese ▁femin ist ▁theory ▁rather ▁than ▁issues ▁with ▁comparing ▁it ▁to ▁Western ▁femin