(a) Excerpt in the window of print: In 1982, just 5 percent of urban Chinese women in their 20s were single; now 27 percent are
(b) summary in text: Urban women are deferring marriage--or not even bothering
(c) Note:
(i) WANG Feng 王丰, Director of Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy 清华-布鲁金斯公共政策研究中心 http://www.brookings.edu/zh-cn/about/centers/brookings-tsinghua
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(ii) hypergamy (n; First Known Use 1883):
"marriage into an equal or higher caste or social group" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypergamy
(iii) The report mentions "LIN Yinhe" twice. Of course we know she is surnamed LI.
(iv) The report states, "In March, China’s top online dating portal, Jiayuan.com, released a report based on its 85,498-person survey titled Confessions of a Leftover Lady."
世纪佳缘/ 中国男女婚恋观系列调查之“剩女”的自白书
(v) Contrast an earlier report by the same author:
Christina Larson, The Startling Plight of China's Leftover Ladies. China's men far outnumber women. So why is it so hard to find a good husband? Foreign Policy, May/June 2012. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/art ... a_s_leftover_ladies
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