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How women won a leading role in China's startup world

Bloomberg feature story about how China is quietly becoming the most friendly place in the world for female entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. In China, females are founders of 55 percent of new Internet companies.

She thinks being a woman gave her another advantage: It was easier for her to tell an entrepreneur he was wrong than a male investor. “It’s very politically incorrect to say this, but as a woman I can say things, they do show a special respect for women. Because it’s seen as motherly, you can be much more stern.”

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