The place to ask China-related questions!
Beijing Shanghai Guangzhou Shenzhen Chengdu Xi'an Hangzhou Qingdao Dalian Suzhou Nanjing More Cities>>

Categories

Close
Welcome to eChinacities Answers! Please or register if you wish to join conversations or ask questions relating to life in China. For help, click here.
X

Verify email

Your verification code has been sent to:

Didn`t receive your code? Resend code

By continuing you agree to eChinacities's Privacy Policy .

Sign up with Google Sign up with Facebook
Sign up with Email Already have an account? .
Posts: 82

Governor

0
0
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

Q: Regarding Northern/Southern attitudes toward marriage

Is it true or untrue that Northern Chinese delay marriage until they are in their late twenties, and Southern Chinese feel compelled to marry as early as possible?

10 years 23 weeks ago in  Relationships - China

 
Answers (2)
Comments (0)
Posts: 1876

Emperor

0
0
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

Marriage is a financial consideration - whomever is willing to offer the most...wins. Doesn't matter when or what age.

Report Abuse
10 years 23 weeks ago
 
Posts: 2488

Emperor

0
0
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

Generally its not a north or south thing but a top tier/lower tier city thing. People in more developed cities are marrying older wether its to succeed at work first and life is just more expensive there or for personal reasons such as less family pressures to marry young.

In poorer places theu have no need for personal development after high school your all living together and farming or whatnot so why not get married and start pooping out kids sooner? What else is there to do.

Where those two paths meet is when migrant workers come into cities and still have these rural ideas in their heads.

Also regardless of where most parents are rural folk and they hold alot of sway.

On a personal note, i love how the folks here say people could only be around me for my money yet most people here seem to be of the opinion that all chinese are gold diggers and their only motivation for doing anything is money( see above posting ). Yet i havent run into that at all. A lot of lonely angry people i guess.

Report Abuse
10 years 23 weeks ago
 
Know the answer ?
Please or register to post answer.

Report Abuse

Security Code: * Enter the text diplayed in the box below
Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <img> <br> <p> <u>
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Textual smileys will be replaced with graphical ones.

More information about formatting options

Forward Question

Answer of the DayMORE >>
A: No, it's not allowed to work under RP at 2nd job! I'd say, Z visa
A:No, it's not allowed to work under RP at 2nd job! I'd say, Z visa/RP sponsor can have an objections to your part-time job. I did the same at my English teaching in China and elsewhere, butT ... I casually mentioned at my prime job, some kindergarten or another school asked me to work with them part-time. Then, my Q: "Is that permitted?" ...  Answer from RP sponsor was always "Yes, but you can't be late or miss the classes at our school ..." with my reply: "No, our work schedule has a priority, and I'll arrange classes at kindergarten only in my free time." When I cleared that, I was undertaking any extra teaching hours at other schools and private students in my free time.Sometimes, teachers at my prime job asked me if I'm willing to have some extra classes elsewhere.I accepted after the talk with School's principal. I suggest, you test the felling at your Z/RP sponsor and once you see they don't object, you can work at 2nd job. Keeping your 2nd job as a secret from your employer won't work, 'cause you're laowai and Chinese know exactly what you do in your free time. However, despite your employer's agreement for extra work, you are still in violation of Chinese Labour law, and even if your sponsor agrees to your extra work, you can still get in trouble, because it's clearly written (somewhere ... ) that under Z/WP, one can work only at the Z-sponsor and nowhere else. Penalties ... I'd say, there won't be any warnings and you'll be required to exit China in short Exit time.It never happened to me, so I can't really advice how is when manure hits the fan ...  -- icnif77