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Cheng Qiujie once thought that her son was hopelessly bad, as he kept telling lies, fighting with other boys, and cutting classes.

One in Four Brides Regrets Having Tied The Knot

The reluctance of young Chinese to tie the knot, a common cause of friction between parents and their grown-up children, has been given fresh impetus with news that almost one in four Chinese brides regrets saying "I do."

Marriage Clinic Offers Guidance to Troubled Couples

Jiangsu Province's first marriage guidance clinic has opened in Suzhou, providing hope to the growing number of couples experiencing relationship problems.

Middle-aged Women Biggest Victims of Domestic Violence

Middle-aged women are the biggest victims of family violence, but evidence suggests younger men are quicker to begin beating their wives, according to a recent survey.

Wives Take 'Anti-World Cup' Tours

While local husbands are eagerly awaiting this evening's opening of the World Cup, many wives in Guangzhou are choosing to leave home during the month-long championship, Southern Metropolis News reported.

Female White Collars Crave Premarital Investigation

At present more and more Chinese females with high income or considerable wealth start to investigate their future husbands before wedding.

Waiting for Mr Right, Picky Women Keep Waiting

Why can't pretty women like us find the right partners? That was the question which kept coming up when a group of women in their late 20s gathered at a recent reunion of senior middle school friends in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu Province.

Two-thirds Career Women Say It's Hard to Find Mr. Right

A recent survey conducted by Sina.com and other media shows that 57.39 percent of some 4,000 career women at marriageable age want to get married before 30 and only 5 percent prefer being single.

A Decade of Bad Sex Leads to Divorce

Nearly 10 percent of the total divorce cases in Chongqing are due to an inactive sex life, according to statistics from Chongqing Jiangbei Court, a municipality in southwest China.

Better Protect Chinese Women from Unhappy Foreign Marriages

More than a dozen female political advisors have urged the government to tighten up examination of marriage applications involving Chinese women and foreign nationals to better protect the rights and interests of those women who blunder into unhappy wedlocks.

Love for Mom

A girl helps clean up her mother's feet in a do-something-for-mom activity on March 6, 2006. The children expressed their love for their mom on the eve of the International Women's Day.

Accepted Wisdom Keeps Women Single

Traditional thinking is making it difficult for well-educated women with a high income to find a husband, a survey conducted by the Shanghai Women's Federation suggests.

Beauty Parlours Popular in Older Clients

For the lucky few, some look better with age. But for the rest, beauty parlours are becoming increasingly popular. Outlets in the capital city of Northeast China's Jilin Province are reporting more and more mature clients.

Girl Wants to Marry Cancer Patient

A migrant woman asked her cancer-stricken boyfriend to marry her in the ward of a Guangzhou hospital on Valentine's Day, Guangzhou media reported yesterday.

Nanjing Sees Many More Twins

There has been a sharp rise in the number of twins being born in the city of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, because more women have started taking fertility drugs, according to doctors.

Surrogate Pregnancy Challenges Social Ethic

"We need volunteers for surrogate pregnancy. No sex services. Women with high education preferred. For your loving heart, you'll receive compensation of 40,000 yuan (US$4,900) or more."

Find Job or Get Married?

With such fierce employment competition waiting around the corner, more college students are shying away from the job hunting market and turning to matchmaking agencies.

Women Call Shots in Domestic Finances

The stereotype that Chinese women wear the trousers when it comes to domestic finances has been proved true by a recent survey.

Rise in Rural Divorces

An investigation and study conducted by the Anhui Women's Federation has shown that divorce rates in the rural areas, particularly among the migrant community, are on the rise, according to a report published in the latest issue of Law & Life.

Businesswomen Have Hard Life After Child-birth

A recent college research report found that female employees of foreign-invested companies are leading a hard life after their babies are born. More than half of these women even have to forego maternity leave for some reason.

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