changes in china 演讲3分钟

changes in china 演讲3分钟
changes in china 演讲3分钟

changes in china 演讲3分钟
Now I will show some tips about changes in China to you:
1.\x05In China's shift to a market economy,one key marriage player has been phased out:the work-unit boss.For 50 years,the boss was a de facto sergeant inside state-run enterprises.He or she policed behavior among the sexes,assisted with family problems,often helped set up single women approaching the unofficial "spinster" age of 30,and approved all matches.
2.\x05"If you turned 28 and were still single,the danwei manager [or boss] would step in and help," says Yu Jiang,a single 27-year-old who recently quit a US-China joint venture.Now the work-unit boss no longer approves marriages; the position is disappearing along with state-run businesses.
3.\x05Weddings in pre-1980 China were simple,short,and cheap.Today,70 percent of the weddings done by Purple House,a Beijing agency,are Western-style - vows,white dresses,churches,receptions,says Shi Yu.Mr.Yu is Purple House's "master of ceremonies." Weddings used to cost $40.Now they easily run $4,000 and are a status symbol.
4.\x05Once married,Chinese couples are no longer choosing to live with parents at home,a huge change.Some 60 to 70 percent of couples no longer live with parents,and in the reporting for this article,virtually no young Chinese said they would live at home if they could afford not to."No way," says Jun Yaolin,who was married two years ago."We will fight." One counter-trend is to live a "bowl of soup" distance away - move to within a few blocks.This neatly supplements another new trend:full-time care of children by grandparents.
5.\x05Divorce,once seen as antisocial,is now high by Chinese standards and increases yearly.In Shanghai in 2001,1 in 3 marriages failed,according to Xinhua news agency.
6.\x05The maturing of the one-child policy,combined with the ability of couples to buy their own apartments,is creating its own "empty nest" condition.This means that older people are starting to experience an often terrible new loneliness.China is still a country with respect for elders.Yet a public-service ad on Chinese TV shows an elderly lady cooking all day.As she sets the table for dinner,the phone calls come one by one:"I can't make it.Can I come tomorrow?" The ad ends with a solitary figure sitting at a table of food - and the words,"Don't forget your parents."
7.\x05"The traditional family has changed,become diluted,atomized," says Dong Zhiying,a scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Beijing."It used to be assumed that kids would take care of parents.Now it no longer is.In the past,older people in the family were dominant.Young people had no choice but to respect them.Parents' authority was based on money and power; if you don't respect them,you lose favor.”
8.\x05"Today,the intellectual and market development in China has come quickly,and transformed the family.Young people aren't worshipping elders.They can rely on their own ability - go to university,be independent,make their own choices."
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