Patti Waldmeir FT.com via CNN.com 10/12/2010

(FT) — More than half the world’s richest self-made women are Chinese, thanks in large part to Mao and cheap childcare, according to the Hurun Report, which compiles information on the wealthiest Chinese.

The world’s three richest women are Chinese — as are 11 of the top 20 — […]