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Gold Diggers Become Trending Topic

Posted December 8th, 2011 at 2:09 am (UTC+0)
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The topic of marrying for money, especially for younger women is trending in China. This viral Youtube video shows the nasty side of the debate. A woman shouts at her boyfriend in the subway: Look at you, you are useless, why am I going to marry you? You don’t have money. Man without money is […]

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“Leftover Women” Find Online Voice

Posted November 28th, 2011 at 10:40 pm (UTC+0)
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In the west, the age of marriageability is far higher than in China. But in China, women who have reached their late 20s are considered “leftover.” “Leftover women” (剩女) is an often negative term indicating more mature Chinese women who are no longer on the marriage market. In China, marriage is seen as an act […]

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By admin on October 1, 2011

China Wangre (中国网热) is a wide-ranging look at the latest digital news and trends from the world’s largest online population.

Beijing native Alice Liu follows what’s hot and how people in China are using mobile devices, traditional websites and social media to connect with each other and the rest of the world.

Fluent in Mandarin and English, Alice has written on technology issues in China for publications such as “The Guardian”, “The Huffington Post” and “Danwei.org”.

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