"Singles' Day? I am too busy to celebrate it," said Xue, who works as an interpreter for a state-owned company in Beijing. Xue admitted that her status of being single had made her parents anxious.
Xue said she sometimes feels very lonely and wants to get married. But it is just no easy to meet her Mr. Right.
"I will not get married in a hurry, just for household duties, nor will I have a baby in the future," she said.
With pressures of living in big cities, more youths like Xue choose their own way of life instead of the traditional model of getting married at an early age and having babies.
"Currently, to pursue personal happiness occupies an increasingly important position in the hearts of young people. Thus, the traditional idea of marriage for offspring becomes less popular," said Zhou Xiaopeng, an expert with the Baihe website.
In a diversified society, people should have more freedom in choosing their way of life, Zhou added.
Meanwhile, many young Chinese pay greater attention to the economic conditions of their future spouses.
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