The issue of so-called leftover women, or women who remain unmarried in their late 20s, is again in the media spotlight thanks to a bilingual book by Joy Chen titled, “Do Not Marry Before Age 30.”<\/a> American Public Media’s Marketplace interviewed Chen and other experts about the phenomenon of “leftover women”<\/strong><\/a> and women’s changing ideas about their role in Chinese society:<\/p>\n
Leta Hong-Fincher is a PhD candidate in sociology at Tsinghua University and author of the forthcoming book “Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China.” She says China\u2019s government has popularized the term through the state media. [Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n