From the Chinese press

Quality not quantity of education

One of the reasons why there are so many single men and women of marriageable age in today's society is the unnecessarily long schooling system, a law maker in Guangdong province said recently. This seemingly true explanation does not hold water when looked at carefully, says an article in Yangcheng Evening News. Excerpts:

The first thing to bear in mind is that single people of marriageable age are mostly so through choice. Some well-educated single men and women of marriageable age might have seemed to have wasted their valuable youth at school by failing to become involved in a relationship or marriage. But after receiving higher education, they have different views on marriage and love and make the decision to remain single.