More romance in the workplace

Office relationships are still sort of taboo in Beijing, despite their increasing prevalence

Beijingers are spending an increasing amount of their time and energy at work, making the office the main social networking place for many. Office relationships are unavoidable in such an environment.

A survey of 300 people in Beijing found that 27 percent of the 154 survey respondents who are married to their work colleagues, an 8 percentage point increase compared with 2007.