Skating Toward a Revolution

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In the 1920s, China’s “new women” took part in skating events for pleasure and to showcase their embrace of modernity. But true equality couldn’t be achieved on the ice.

When Beijing’s Skating Rinks Were Battlefields

A hundred years ago, ice skating was an unexpectedly important arena in China’s anti-imperialist struggle. But while some skaters sought to battle the “blue-eyed” Westerners, others took a different approach.