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China's 'leftover women', unmarried at 27
2013-02-22
Census figures for China show that around one in five women aged 25-29 is unmarried.

The proportion of unmarried men that age is higher - over a third. But that doesn't mean they will easily match up, since Chinese men tend to "marry down", both in terms of age and educational attainment.

"There is an opinion that A-quality guys will find B-quality women, B-quality guys will find C-quality women, and C-quality men will find D-quality women," says Huang Yuanyuan. "The people left are A-quality women and D-quality men. So if you are a leftover woman, you are A-quality."

But it's the "A-quality" of intelligent and educated women that the government most wants to procreate, according to Leta Hong-Fincher. She cites a statement on population put out by the State Council - China's cabinet - in 2007.

"It said China faced unprecedented population pressures, and that the overall quality of the population is too low, so the country has to upgrade the quality of the population."

Some local governments in China have taken to organising matchmaking events, where educated young women can meet eligible bachelors.

The goal is not only to improve the gene pool, believes Fincher, but to get as many men paired off and tied down in marriage as possible - to reduce, as far as possible, the army of restless, single men who could cause social havoc.
China has an active eugenics program intended to promote genetic improvement in their overall population.
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#7  Its stereotyped as a Chinese or Asia-wide problem that is apparently also "coming to Amerika" + West???

* FREEREPUBLIC > THE LAST [Young = Youthful]GENERATION (AMERICA'S COMING DEMOGRAPHIC DISASTER).
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-02-22 18:35  

#6  And a related topic: [SHANGHAI] Sherry Sheng, a 29-year-old Shanghai policewoman, bought herself a 4,000 yuan (S$792) black fur jacket, splurging for the last time before she starts paying off the mortgage on her first home.

Ms Sheng is part of a generation of middle class that Chinese media has dubbed "fang nu", or housing slaves, a reference to the lifetime of work needed to pay off their debts. Ms Sheng, who paid 1.1 million yuan for the one-bedroom apartment on the city's western outskirts, will be using about 70 per cent of her salary to service her mortgage.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2013-02-22 13:19  

#5  To raise the child to adulthood. Of course.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-02-22 12:23  

#4  Millions? Too steep for my blood. How much for an hour?
Posted by: Iblis   2013-02-22 11:06  

#3  The word for this phenom is hypergamy. The Chinese reinforce it by requiring that the groom pay a bride price to the bride's parents. For some of these women, I have to wonder if the bride price runs into the millions.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2013-02-22 07:11  

#2  Supply and demand, no?
Posted by: Perfesser   2013-02-22 07:06  

#1  Yeah, the leftover women (shengnu) have incredibly high standards and demand a ridiculously high price. The few men out there who meet her standards would never want a crazy shengnu for a wife. So, they're left to stew in their own juices. I know a story where a couple broke up before the wedding not because the man didn't own an apartment, he wouldn't sell and then buy a newer, more expensive apartment that was closer to her parents.

A lot of them would rather have no husband rather than a lesser husband. So be it!
Posted by: gromky   2013-02-22 06:15  

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