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Leftover in China: The Women Shaping the World`s Next Superpower

Forty years ago in China, marriage was universal, compulsory and a woman`s only means to a livelihood. Then the one-child policy resulted in China`s first generations of urban only-daughters-girls who were pushed to study, achieve and succeed as if they were sons. Now, enough of these women have decided to postpone marriage-or not marry at all-to spawn a label: “leftovers”. They struggle to find partners in a society where gender roles have not evolved as vigorously as the society itself. Part critique of China`s paternalistic ideals, part playful portrait of the romantic travails of China`s trailblazing women, Leftover in China employs colourful anecdotes, hundreds of interviews and rigorous historical and demographic research to show how the “leftovers” are the linchpin to China`s future.

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