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| China Owns 5.82 Million Leftover Women: Survey |
| The results of an online survey on Chinese men and women's love and marriage issues released recently indicate there are 5.82 million leftover women (shengnv) in China and that the number of leftover women in China with high educational attainment is greater than the number of their left-over male... |
| Time: 2013-05-08 |
| China Owns 5.82 Million Leftover Women: Survey |
| The results of an online survey on Chinese men and women's love and marriage issues released recently indicate there are 5.82 million leftover women (shengnv) in China and that the number of leftover women in China with high educational attainment is greater than the number of their left-over male... |
| Time: 2013-05-08 |
| China's Gender Ratio Imbalance Can Be Big Problem for ‘Leftover Men‘ |
| the women of the same age every year. The young men and women born in the 1980s and 1990s are facing the increasingly serious challenge of marriage squeeze. "Bachelors" Crisis The leftover men will concentrate in the class of low-income people in the future and it will aggravate... |
| Time: 2012-07-10 |
| HK Women's Commission: 'Leftover' is an Individual Choice |
| recognition of the 'sheng nv' social phenomenon on behalf of the commission, believing that when to get married is an individual choice for women. The term 'sheng nv,' translated literally as 'leftover women,' is widely used to describe urban, professional unmarried women in their late twenties... |
| Time: 2012-06-05 |
| The Startling Plight of China's Leftover Ladies |
| ; The majority of her talk was devoted not to such timeless aphorisms, but to describing a new conundrum in China: the plight of its sheng nu, or "leftover ladies." In popular parlance, sheng nu refers to women above a certain age -- some say 27, others 30 -- who are unmarried and presumably "... |
| Time: 2012-04-24 |
| China's "Leftover Women" Unite This Singles' Day |
| of single women in China who are learning to embrace single life, and the "leftover women" phenomenon can be seen as a reflection of Chinese women ascending in social status. DEMOGRAPHIC PARADOX In recent years, Chinese media has been buzzing with stories about urban single woman like Zhou... |
| Time: 2011-11-11 |
| Exploring the Life of 'Leftover Women' |
| Among the phenomena that have contributed to new words in the Chinese vocabulary, shengnu, or "leftover women", has become the subject matter of numerous films, novels and TV series. Now comes the stage comedy, The Marriage... |
| Time: 2011-04-26 |
| Single Life Warmed over for 'Leftover' Men and Women |
| lonely and 30 percent suffer from negative emotions like anxiety, weariness and frustration. It also attributes the poor psychological and physical health of leftover men and women to sexual repression, misunderstandings of marriage, an excessive nightlife, delaying childbirth and pressures from... |
| Time: 2011-02-12 |
| China's Single Ladies Confess: We're Happy |
| Women of high educational background, income and employment status are easily left behind in the marriage market. [ce.cn] The term 'leftover women' in China refers to women who... |
| Time: 2012-03-26 |
| Anything but Spinsterhood |
| lowering their standards by choosing life partners younger or less well-off than themselves to avoid becoming so-called leftover ladies. (Source: Chinanews/ Translated by womenofchina.cn)... |
| Time: 2011-10-17 |
| A Woman's Way |
| Xu Wei says the magazine's mission is "always to preach a positive attitude toward life". [China Daily] Cosmo China editor explores modern phenomenon of 'leftover girls... |
| Time: 2011-03-13 |
| The Power of One |
| for marriage, while only 12.5 percent said they could accept women over the age of 35 as wives. As a result, a huge number of that age group - many are "S3 women" - remain single. Recently, the degrading term of "sheng nu", which literally means "leftover women", has been created to refer... |
| Time: 2008-12-10 |
| Shanghai's Youth Voice Opinions on Love |
| is the quintessential 'leftover' woman --- a woman past the optimal marriageable age. Once upon a time, Deng had an idea of her perfect Mr. Right. He should be three years older than her and earn at least 200,000 yuan (US$ 32,540) a year and already own a house. For a few years, Deng attended blind date... |
| Time: 2013-05-20 |
| Shanghai Tops China in Gender Equality Index |
| . As for the term 'leftover women' (women who remain unmarried at an older age), 37.4 percent of people polled do not think that it is discriminatory, and 35.5 percent think that it is, but that it does not matter very much. In addition, 46.7 percent of women polled said that female consciousness and self value... |
| Time: 2013-04-12 |
| Shanghai Tops China in Gender Equality Index |
| . As for the term 'leftover women' (women who remain unmarried at an older age), 37.4 percent of people polled do not think that it is discriminatory, and 35.5 percent think that it is, but that it does not matter very much. In addition, 46.7 percent of women polled said that female consciousness and self... |
| Time: 2013-04-12 |
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