Centennial issues including women's rights, feminism and women's liberation have been brought onto the table again Wednesday at an international seminar in the eastern China municipality of Shanghai.

The seminar, which focused on women's rights studies in China over the past century, drew more than 120 scholars and experts from China, the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and Japan.

They contributed some 60 theses that cover a total of 17 topics including women's rights versus human rights, feminism versus women's liberation, and China's modernization versus women's involvement in various social activities.

The seminar, at the co-sponsorship of Oxfam Hong Kong and US Ford Foundation, was organized jointly by the history department of the prestigious Fudan University in Shanghai and Chinese culture institute of the University of Michigan.

Insiders cited the event as the largest of its kind ever held in China.

The women's rights movement in China commenced in 1903 by forerunner Jin Tiange, a noted revolutionist who wrote an article to renounce sexual discrimination and call for the women's rights to go to school, have a say in their marriages, become economically independent and participate in various

social and political activities.

Source: Xinhua