Commentary Companies in China, we’re told, are recruiting more women, granting them even more opportunities to succeed. At long last, after years of oppression, Chinese women are finally considered equals. Earlier this year, to mark International Women’s Day, Shanghai Stock Exchange rang its bell in celebration of its female citizens. How magnificent. Is there a more noble way of celebrating women? Is there a higher honor than ringing a bell? If you’re detecting sarcasm, then your sarcasm-detecting software is working perfectly fine. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), not content with the ringing of bells, has gone one step further—it recently made Wang Yaping the country’s first ever female astronaut. However, such sporadic gestures of “kindness” toward women should not distract us from the truth: China is a place where women are left battered and bruised. Sending one woman into space doesn’t change this fact. MeToo Comes to China In early …