[LMB] China (was Gender roles; was Predators vs. Protectors)

[Alexandra Kwan]

Hello,

On 1 Sep 2007, at 1:04 AM, ROBIN NAKKULA wrote:
> My theory is: very male, very unused to sharing (no siblings, so no
> sense of "brotherhood,")

I hope I may point out that the one-child policy was for urban  
dwellers only; people in rural places can have another go at it in a  
few years' time if their firstborn is female. I mean, the mainland  
Chinese government really isn't that...stupid or blind.

And if the blogsphere is to be trusted, here's a pretty interesting  
post about the topic (well, it's more about how the family planning  
slogans in mainland China are changing. The old ones are pretty funny  
-- black humour of a sort):
http://blackandwhitecat.blogsome.com/2007/09/03/go-forth-and-multiply- 
by-one/

> This may apply equally well to any other nation importing Chinese
> graduate students.  Does it hold in the U.K.?

Except if the future mainland guys are indeed such spoiled brats, I  
don't see why the Chinese-American (or Chinese-Canadian or Chinese- 
English...) women would want to date them when they have so many  
other choices...

little Alex