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A recent report released by the National Academy of Development and Strategy (NADS), Renmin University of China, underscores employment discrimination in China. According to the report, male college graduates were 42 percent more likely to be offered a job interview than their female counterparts even if the resumes are identical. Although China has been moving forward to promote employment equality, discrimination is pervasive and still widely tolerated by both private employers and government institutions. Ads that state only men are asked to apply for the position, which are illegal but common, are not unfamiliar to female job hunters. A fresh college graduate took a Beijing-based private tutor company to court and won China's first gender employment discrimination case in late 2013 after the company refused to employ her because of her gender. Recently, another girl took the Beijing Post authorities to court for the same reason. Not every woman that is prejudiced against in job hunting is as brave as them. There is still a long way to go to realize employment equality.