15 May 2012
On 5 May 2012 during a farewell celebration for the CALT (China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology) team departing to the launch site for the preparation of the launch of SZ-9 from JSLC (Jiuquan Space Launch Centre), Liu Yu, Chief Commander of CZ-2F mentioned in his speech that soon China's first female taikonaut will travel together with two male colleagues to the Tiangong 1 space station.
It might be that the decision makers within the Chinese space programme have already decided who is the first female taikonaut but similar to the first decades of the Soviet space programme, the decision is usually published on the last moment. 

Already on 5 March 2012, Qi Faren Chief Designer of Chinas manned space craft system

Shenzhou, told journalists from China Radio International that there are two female taikonauts candidates for the SZ-9 mission. The final decision, whether one of the two women will fly is depending on their readiness review prior to launch. In the same interview, Qi Faren also touched on the subject that as of 2020 the Chinese Space Station CSS will be in orbit and might become the only space station in low Earth orbit in case the International Partners of the International Space Station ISS should decide to deorbit the ISS by this time.   see for article here
Considering that CMSEO, CALT or CNSA are not having the habit of publishing regular press releases, speeches and talks of official people are usually the best source for the latest information.

Asian women in space
The first Asian woman in space was Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai who flew in 1994 on board of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-65.
She was followed in 1997 by India-born NASA astronaut Chawla Kalpana and Iran-born US-citizen Anousheh Ansari in 2006.
The second actual Asian woman was Yi Soyeon from South Korea who flew in 2008 with Soyuz TMA-12 to the ISS. (Note: Throughout the history of manned space flight, usually the first representative of a nation has been a man. Yi Soyeon, after British Helen Sharman, became the second woman in the world who represented her country for the first time in space and being a female citizen.) Two years later JAXA astronaut Naoko Yamazaki made her way to space on board of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-131 to get to International Space Station.