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Are 'leftover women' a unique Chinese phenomenon?

( bbs.chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-02-16 08:35

Loz (UK)

I'm 38 and have been feeling the 'pressure' in the UK for the last four to five years. It's not confined to China by any means! Strangely, 51 percent of women under the age of 50 in the UK have never been married. Boy, there sure are a lot of us 'leftovers'!

Are 'leftover women' a unique Chinese phenomenon?

Single men and women participate in a match-making event in China.[Photo/IC]

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