From AFP, via sundaytimes.co.za:
During her visit home for Chinese New Year, Gan Xiaoge’s parents lined up five suitors for her, hoping the migrant worker, already considered an old maid in her village, would finally get married.
“I met one man a day, but I didn’t like any of them. They were either construction workers or factory workers. I don’t want to marry someone who is not doing as well as I am,” says Gan, a kitchen cabinet saleswoman in Beijing.
Gan, 26, was once engaged, but dumped her fiance last year because he seemed incapable of ever matching her salary.
Since then, she has not been able to get a date with someone she likes.
“There are a lot of girls like me,” Gan says. “We all want to get married, but why should we settle for less?”
