My Generation
Jan 2004, I went to Germany alone. It was the first time I went abroad. The first 2 weeks of my 4 week stay, I called home with my Chinese mobile almost every day, crying.
Sept 2005, hundreds of parents/relatives sleeping on the playground of Tsing Hua University (No 1 in China. Good Chinese universities are public - this is a people's country. So those who can get in absolutely study really well.) while their kids are sleeping sound in their dormitory. Those parents went all the way to Beijing to send their kids to start their new semesters.
Aug 2006, I walked through People's Park (check out the names of the public places, there is also people's square) and saw a lot of parents are holding a card written with the profile of their kids for match making. Unfortunately, I didn't see anyone of my age there. Indeed, who needs a wife/husband?
Needless to mention, there are many parents buying an apartment for their kids to get married with all the money they have saved in their life.
So what is gonna happen when this country was (or still is) being built by my parents generation who grew up facing cultural revolution, having 4-5 siblings averagely passing it on to the current generation - single kids with very protective parents?
Sept 2005, hundreds of parents/relatives sleeping on the playground of Tsing Hua University (No 1 in China. Good Chinese universities are public - this is a people's country. So those who can get in absolutely study really well.) while their kids are sleeping sound in their dormitory. Those parents went all the way to Beijing to send their kids to start their new semesters.
Aug 2006, I walked through People's Park (check out the names of the public places, there is also people's square) and saw a lot of parents are holding a card written with the profile of their kids for match making. Unfortunately, I didn't see anyone of my age there. Indeed, who needs a wife/husband?
Needless to mention, there are many parents buying an apartment for their kids to get married with all the money they have saved in their life.
So what is gonna happen when this country was (or still is) being built by my parents generation who grew up facing cultural revolution, having 4-5 siblings averagely passing it on to the current generation - single kids with very protective parents?
posted by Jingwei @ 10:14 AM
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There was a cab uncle I met in Shanghai who shared that he has recently found a partner for his 28 years old daughter. It seems every Sat at 9am in Century Park or People Park you can find parents gathering to check on potentials for their children. Apparently his daughter seems to fully support his idea, she will get married to this person at the end of this year, 3-4 months after they have met.
Seems like arrange marriages are picking up steam again.
Anyway didn't know it was your birthday recently, Happy Birthday gal!
~Carol
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