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These 5 detained Chinese women are the next Pussy Riot 

Zheng Churan. Wang Man. Wu Rongrong. Wei Tingting. Li Maizi.

These are the five Chinese women, ages 25 to 33, whom the Chinese government have detained on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles,” the New York Times reports. That’s shorthand for being feminist activists and shaking up the status quo. And they’re using powerful public displays to do it.