I’ve been reading about marriage in China. Apparently in China they have a new word “shengwu” which means leftover women. These women have been so busy becoming successful that they age out; Chinese men find women who are over thirty unattractive and women who are too successful intimidating. They also have a word for men who are too poor and stuck ( Read more... )

I had quite the morning. I had done yoga, had breakfast, and was watching my cheap movie when someone started pounding on my outer door.  I can rent movies from a little Mom and Pop place for one RMB (actually, I have to give them ten, but when I return the DVD I get nine back).  Once I ended up with a movie dubbed into Chinese and another time ( Read more... )