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'Leftover Women' Chronicles China's pesters on Unmarried Professional Women
- aussiegreenie 8y agoConsidering the vast gap between the male and female population, that is, many more males. It should not be hard to find a partner but it is. Women will not talk to you unless you own a house and houses are about 50-70 times the average salary.
- baybal2 8y agoI've been living in and out of Southern China for a long time as part of my job. I think I will be looking for wife here. Finding a good wife here... means finding a level headed woman above anything else. Not too crazed about getting married, nor too crazed about work and personal accomplishment – a very small minority by late twenties here. My two best tries were other foreigners. First, Chinese Pakistani, well... never expected such a youthful looking woman to be in her thirties. Second, Malaysian Chinese, met on tinder, she had a chemical, and a machinery parts businesses, PhD in nanotechnology, a patent portfolio, and a defence procurement contract from CAIC. It would've been way too impressive for a 28 years old if she did not have mistyped her age by quite some number... Other attempts, mostly locals, well I can not not start relationship with a woman who start a talk about marriage on a first date. It just feels so awkward for me.
- vfulco2 8y agoAs a middle-aged foreigner who moved to a southern city almost 5 years ago, this is spot on. I started talking to ladies on dating sites and some had only been divorced 6-12 months. Immediately they wanted to know the house, car, bank account situation. I wasn't even sure if my new business would succeed or if I would stay. Their way is not about love, it's pragmatism. No thanks.
- ncmncm 8y agoHeartbreaking. But not surprising. That the surplus of males in China will likely lead to military adventurism would make it our problem, too.
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