Marriage is a National Affair: In China, where the family and the ancestral clan are of prime importance and marriage is considered the root of social continuity, it is scarcely any wonder that the figure for the unmarried rate attracts as close attention as a winning lottery number.
在注重宗族、家庭的中國，婚姻是維繫社會的根本，無怪乎一個未婚率數字，竟像中獎號碼，引得人人對號良久。