Easy Talk: 'Leftover women'

"Leftover women" are generally referred to those women over the age of 27 or 30 who are still single. Usually they are well-educated, have a good salary and are professionally successful. According to statistics, the number of "leftover women" in Beijing has exceeded 800,000. What has inspired the term to exist in the first place？Is it a fair representation of those women?

Host: Hu Zhe

Guests: Lance Crayon & Raymond Zhou

Studio Director: Sun Tianyuan

Camera: Cong Ruiting & Wang Yuxi

Editing: Yu Yao

Subtitles: Yu Yao

Producers: Hu Zhe & Lance Crayon

Executive Producer: Feng Minghui

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About Easy Talk:

Easy Talk is a weekly talk show program covering the latest living-related issues in today’s China. Foreigners living in China are invited to share their life experiences and observations on a variety of light topics. The discussions revolve around the cultural differences that exist between China and other countries, covering various aspects and the implications they have on China’s cultural exchange with the world.