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Chinese Single Women’s Ideal Men: ‘Secondhand’ Suitors Surprisingly Popular

A recent survey of over 35,500 single ladies in China offers some insight into Chinese women’s attitudes towards men and marriage. The survey, which included questions such as “Why are you still single?” and “What kind of man do you hope to marry?”  shed light on the types of men that single Chinese women prefer, [...]

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In China, Seeing the “Perfect” Guy, Then Running Away

It is a truth universally acknowledged in China that a single woman in her 20s—who has just gotten a job after graduating—must be in need of a boyfriend, i.e. a future husband. This is an inviolable belief firmly fixed in the minds of traditional Chinese families. And the boyfriend, of which we speak, must be of [...]

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Video — High Stakes Mating: Men v. Women

Are men without money no better than garbage?  Many Chinese women seem to think so, at least in this video.  With that opening salvo, the battle of the sexes is well and truly on as men accuse women of materialism and women blame men for lack of ambition – a microcosm of modern China’s relationship [...]

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