The term "shengnu" - directly translated as "leftover women" - was coined to refer to professional women who have not married by their late 20s.

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"Chinese people often think males should be higher in a relationship in every sense, including height, age, education and salary," Ni Lin, who hosts a popular match-making television show in Shanghai, told Reuters.

"This leads to a phenomenon in which A-grade men marry B-grade women, B-grade men marry C-grade women and C-grade men marry D-grade women. Only A-grade women and D-grade men can't find partners."

In Beijing, more than a third of women in their late 20s and 30s are looking for husbands, according to the dating website Jiayuan.com. Media reports say there may be as many as 500,000 "leftover women" in the capital.

There are plenty of men to go round among China's nearly 1.4 billion people but social status can conspire against single professional woman once again.

China's population is more tilted towards men than in many countries due to the government's one-child policy and a cultural preference for boys. The latest census in 2011 showed there were twice as many single men born in the 1970s as women of the same age.

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But unlike "leftover women", these "shengnan" or "leftover men" often live in lower-tier cities and do not make much money.

The Shanghai city government tries to help women like Xu by arranging regular match-making events. One in May attracted 20,000 single men and women.

Lucy Wang, a 32-year-old Chinese language teacher who attended the event, said all she could find were playboy types or momma's boys.

"I sometimes wonder if there is something wrong with me," she said. "Twenty thousand people and yet I can't find anyone I like."

Source:http://news.yahoo.com/leftover-women-china-face-tough-choices-looking-love-044726614.html

Better to be 'left over' than in a miserable marriage !

This matchmaking go work for naija,all those expire babes and outdated bankers go come oo

There's something weird about the story ( saw it yesterday), because there was another write up a couple of years back which said chinese men outnumber women and some went to other asian countries to get wives due to a shortage of females.

So, which news is correct, or is it the educated rich females who are being referenced here.

You are still looking for 'someone' you like?
YOU WILL REMAIN A 'SHENGNU' FOR LIFE!
You berra start looking for someone you can MANAGE. . . IF YOU ARE THAT DESPERATE!

The rule of the game is: NEVER GO SEARCHING. . . THE GOOD ONES WILL FIND YOU! ALWAYS!!!!!