This paper discusses the impact of globalization，transnational debate and feminist action in order to understand how different manifestations and developments to counter violence against women have developed in local contexts，specifically comparing China and the UK. Globalization may create possibilities for both positive and negative change where women are concerned. On the one hand it can result in increases in or development of certain forms of violence against women within a context of “patriarchal reconstruction” and re-creation of previous patterns of male dominance. Or on the other hand，it may create the possibility for important links and alliances as well as spaces for activism and change.