The Military Museum/Dating in China

Pollution on Sunday was horrrribble. So I was glad that I had indoor activities scheduled with my host family "sister", and we went to the National Military Museum. In addition to various weapons exhibits, including special exhibits for the War of Anti-Japanese Aggression (known in the US as Sino-Japanese War) and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (known in US textbooks as the Korean War--but not a real war), they also had paintings done by artists from the military and several anthropology halls.

When we got tired, Lily and I grilled Buxiaoxiao about the in's and out's of dating in China (admittedly, a bit strange considering the setting), which is related to Lily's independent project at ACC. The interesting scoop is that because young people are so busy working （because their wages are horrible and they can't afford housing), they have very little time for relationships (romantic or otherwise). Under such conditions, many people choose online dating, which is faster and more convenient. I was looking at Lily's powerpoint, and in contrast to the US, where online dating is kind of taboo, in China, online dating is considered to be a fair way of meeting someone by more than 90% of the population. 30-40% of the people surveyed (by Baidu, the equivalent of Google in China) do it, 30% say that they want to, and another 30% say its cool, but not for them. One of my cousins even met his girlfriend of 2 years through an online dating site! And he is only 26! Online dating ftw?








Pollution.