She’s a ‘Comrade,’ Chinese Are Told

BEIJING —  Stop calling women “miss” and go back to “comrade,” China’s Communist Party newspaper urged Tuesday in a plea for a return to old values.

“Where has this ‘miss hot-wave’ come from in recent years?” the People’s Daily asked in a commentary echoing a resurgence of conservative ideology.

The newspaper said that with the progressive reforms of the 1980s, Chinese felt that “comrade” was “too narrow” and “too left.” After the 1949 revolution, all old titles had been discarded, and everyone became “comrade.”