{"id":6276,"date":"2010-07-02T15:52:22","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T07:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danwei.webfactional.com\/?p=6276"},"modified":"2010-07-02T15:52:22","modified_gmt":"2010-07-02T07:52:22","slug":"beef_market_in_china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/newspapers\/beef_market_in_china.php","title":{"rendered":"Beef market in China"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Waiting for him to fill her hands with achievements?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Ralph Jennings is a journalist and long time resident of China. He currently lives in Taipei. From mid-2000 to 2006, he had an advice column in the 21st Century weekly newspaper in which he answered letters from thousands of students and young professionals. Below is a letter from the archive, with an introduction by Jennings.<\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a different kind of meat market in China. Female mate shoppers check out not only a man\u2019s looks, humor and signs that he\u2019ll treat her well. They also look for a bit of beef, as in where\u2019s-the-beef. That means a man\u2019s potential to earn money. Existing personal wealth is part of the cow. Future earning potential is another, or as advice column letter writer N.D. puts it, \u201cachievements.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Student letters to a foreign agony uncle<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Dear Ralph,<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a new student at a university. In our class I see a girl who is very beautiful. And I find that many characteristics of hers are like mine. At the beginning I wanted her to become my girlfriend. But I haven\u2019t had any achievements. So I got rid of my idea to pursue her. Do you think I\u2019m right?<\/p>\n

N.D., Shanxi<\/p>\n

November 2001<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s a different kind of meat market in China. Female mate shoppers check out not only a man’s looks, humor and signs that he’ll treat her well. They also look for a bit of beef, as in where’s-the-beef. That means a man’s potential to earn money. Existing personal wealth is part of the cow. Future earning potential is another, or as advice column letter writer N.D. puts it, “achievements.”<\/p>\n

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