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Are 'leftover women' a unique Chinese phenomenon?

( bbs.chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-02-16 08:35

elaine (China)

I'm almost 30, single, straight, I'm sure there is a lot of pressure as people say. Sometimes I feel uncomfortable but most of the time I'm confident that I'm an educated woman and can take care of myself without anybody's help. Why do I have to marry someone? Just to fulfill my parents' vanity?

Are 'leftover women' a unique Chinese phenomenon?

A woman reads profiles of single men at a match-making event in Liaocheng, Shandong province, Aug 11, 2013. [Photo by Kong Xiaozheng/Asianewsphoto]

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