双语趣听精彩世界 第84期:中国真正的问题是"剩男"

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　　中国真正的问题是"剩男"

　　South china morning post: China's real problem is leftover¹ men.

　　"Leftover women" has become an interest issue of young unmarried women generates in China.

　　The media writes relentlessly² about them, feminists³ seethe⁴ at the stigmatisation, and matchmaking and accessories industries thrive solving the "problem".

　　In contrast, there's far less interest in China's real leftovers⁵ - its men. Years of the one-child policy and sex determination caused by preference for boys means there are now 20 million more men under 30 than women.

　　Even if all these women took the state's advice to be less "picky", it would still leave 20 million leftover men. By 2040, there will be 44 million such leftover men of marriageable age.

　　"Leftover women" are an avoidable social phraseology; "leftover men" are an inescapable statistical⁶ reality.

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