The walking marriage, in which a man and a woman establish relations after the man's nocturnal visits to the woman's boudoir, has been less prevalent in the Mosuo ethnic group generally residing in ...

The Mosuo villages in the Chinese Himalayas are trying to hold on to their ancient, complex social structures that value female power and decision-making. Life around Lugu Lake—high up in the ...

Community decisions center care and shared responsibility. I didn’t realize then how deeply that experience would shape my ...

In the foothills of the Himalayas lies picture-perfect Lugu Lake, the home of the Mosuo people and the gateway to a mysterious land often dubbed ‘The Kingdom of Women’. The Mosuo number approximately ...

If there is only one thing that Singaporean author Choo Waihong would want her readers to take away from her book The Kingdom ...

LIJIANG, Yunnan (China Daily) — In a society where women hold the reins, what it is like to be a man? On the shores of Lugu Lake in Yunnan province, visitors from around the globe have come to explore ...

Two women row a canoe made of driftwood across a lake, their eyes fixed on a destination in the distance. The woman in the foreground bites her bottom lip with determination. There's a steeliness in ...

Cogs in the very big wheel of China's increasingly globalized economy, the titular ethnic sisters illustrate how the international vagaries of financial fortune play havoc with lives whose paths would ...

Even cultures that are vastly different one from another have long touted similar themes and rules around gender. Those in power have used the existence of gendered behavior to enforce a hierarchy ...

It’s a place where women rule, marriage doesn’t exist and everything follows the maternal bloodline. But is it as good for women as it sounds – and how long can it last? Imagine a society without ...