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Conversation topics only heard in China

( bbs.chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-03-24 09:31
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3. "You have gotten fat! You need to lose weight!""

   In Western countries people generally do not discuss their weight while in China women share their weight in public.

Conversation topics only heard in China

Young women walk on a street in the sweltering weather in Beijing, China, on July 11, 2013. [Photo/IC]

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