Nüshu was created by women from a small village in Jiangyong, in the southern province where Mao Zedong was born, but there’s little consensus on when it originated.

Zhou began researching the coded language for the Jiangyong Cultural Bureau in 1954, but when Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution erupted in the 1960s, Zhou’s work became targeted by the state.

JIANGYONG, China — Stooped over like a wilted rose, 95-year-old Yang Huanyi hobbles out of her tiny, spartan home to receive guests who come calling from around the world.

Yang died Sept. 20 at her home in Jiangyong, a bucolic county in Hunan province, the official New China News Agency reported. For years, ...

In downtown Jiangyong, nearly every store has its name written in two scripts: standard hanzi and nüshu. The most luxurious hotel in town is even named after the women’s script. Unfortunately, ...

Nushu was created by women from a small village in Jiangyong, in the south-central province where late Chinese leader Mao Zedong was born, but there is little consensus on when it originated ...

He comes from Jiangyong and says she was forced to marry a man she didn’t want to be with, who physically abused her and tore up photos from nüshu meetups and workshops she attended.

Jiangyong also set up Hunan's first official online county-level e-commerce platform, Wuxiang, and formed partnerships with e-commerce giants such as Tmall and JD.com.

Footbinding, the secret code of "nu shu" writing and arranged marriages all shaped the world of women in Jiangyong County of the 19th century, when the novel is set. Ms.