It’s hilarious that capitalist rags like the economist want their lib readers to fear Xi by making him out to be some authoritarian conservative.
Also funny: central government wants local governments to invest in good toilets, the gall! How dare they support improving public services! 
It’s basically government boilerplate either way. What matters is the material outcomes for women, which as far as i know is about the same as here a mix if good and bad. So it’s just racist hysterics by the economists. I’ll also note they don’t mention the new push against no fault divorce by right wingers in this country which is basically a right to abuse your wife law.