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This study investigates how two strands of Chinese feminism, nüquanzhuyi (RP-fem) and nüxingzhuyi (F-fem), manifest and differ in online discourse. A corpus-based approach was employed, analyzing 188,292 Weibo posts from January 2023 to September 2024 through keyword, bigram, and concordance analyses. The findings show that RP-fem represents an activist movement emphasizing systemic critiques of patriarchy and inequality, yet it faces accusations of radicalism, privilege-seeking, and foreign influence. In contrast, F-fem foregrounds personal agency, cultural expression, and individual empowerment, but is criticized for commercializing feminist values and engaging in performative activism. Together, these parallel discourses embody a Chinese variant of neoliberal feminism, where collective advocacy and individualized empowerment coexist, continually negotiating the concept of feminism as shaped by global repertoires and local contexts.
Kai Bao (Fri,) studied this question.