China Daily's top 10 books of 2013

9 Sex of Chinese People in the 21st Century

By Pan Suiming and Huang Yingying

Sex of Chinese People in the 21st Century.[File photo]

Based on the authors’ three national surveys for sociology studies in 2000 (with University of Chicago), 2006 and 2010, the book announces that China has stepped into a new “sexualized era” in the 21st century. Some interesting observations include “as the number of marriages and cohabitation drops, the number of people who have regular sex rises”, “education helps increase openness in sexual ideas”, and “to Chinese people, topics of sex have stepped out of the restricted zones, but they raise the chance of new anxiety”. The result is a uniquely scientific perspective on contemporary Chinese life.