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Dong Xiaohui, 34, who is eight to nine weeks pregnant, said she was asked to leave her job as editor-in-chief at pclady.com.cn in late April. Dong said her attorney might file a lawsuit in two months. "I felt hurt when I was fired last month because of my pregnancy, and now I'm worried about the health of my baby," Dong told China Daily on Wednesday. A spokesman for pclady.com.cn, a subsidiary of Pacific Online, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, denied the allegation that Dong was asked to leave the company as a result of her pregnancy. Dong, who graduated from the prestigious Fudan University, based in Shanghai, has an MBA. "Women like me, who have been well educated, should fearlessly go to court to safeguard their legal rights and interests when they have not been treated fairly," she said. Dong joined pclady.com.cn in February 2011. She was managing editor-in-chief and then was promoted to editor-in-chief because of her good performance. "Li Anyun, senior vice-president told me that I was no longer well suited for the job," Dong said. Dong said she told Li she was pregnant via text message after an examination at Guangdong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicines on April 19 and asked for a day off. Zhang Congmin, chief operative officer of Pacific Online, also asked Dong to quit her job when Li failed to persuade Dong to leave. | 
