China's 'full-time dads' challenge patriarchal norms

Chen Hualiang (right), his wife Mao Li (left), and children posing at their home in Shanghai. Cooking, cleaning, caring for the kids during the day -- Chen Hualiang takes on household tasks many Chinese fathers tend to leave to their wives, bucking a deep-rooted patriarchal tradition and even inspiring a hit TV show. - AFP

SHANGHAI (AFP): Cooking, cleaning and caring for the kids during the day, Chen Hualiang takes on household tasks many Chinese fathers tend to leave to their wives, bucking a deep-rooted patriarchal tradition and even inspiring a hit TV show.

The former project manager gave up the rat race to join a growing number of "full-time dads", as they are known in China.