Word: liu
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...Shanghai Sex Sociological Research Center's National Sex Civilization Survey. Using 500 volunteer social workers, the center obtained responses from 23,000 people in 15 provinces to a 240-question survey. The project is the Chinese equivalent of Alfred Kinsey's landmark studies of sexual behavior in the U.S. Liu Dalin, the study's director and China's best-known sexologist, agreed to discuss his findings with TIME before they are published. Results from a smaller survey of 1,279 men and women in 41 cities, conducted by sociologist Pan Suiming of the People's University of China, were recently...
...most striking trend found in Liu's study is the deterioration of the strong tie between sex and marriage. In the past, young girls were forced into arranged marriages shortly after puberty. Now women are forbidden by law, largely as a means of population control, to marry before the age of 20, and men cannot take a bride until they are at least 22. But relatively few are waiting that long to have sex. Fully 86% of those who answered Liu's survey said they approved of premarital sex. Such liberal attitudes often persist after marriage as well. A surprising...
Many Chinese seem to be rediscovering the joys of sex annotated by their ancestors more than 370 years ago in the banned Ming dynasty erotic classic The Golden Lotus. Liu found that 60% of married couples in cities like to have sex in a variety of positions. Pan's survey indicated that nearly seven out of ten Chinese have had anal sex with heterosexual partners. Neither survey explored the extent of homosexuality, which is still taboo in China but not uncommon...
Also, some nationals said they felt the executive order was "no legal guarantee" of their safety in the United States. Because the executive order can be revoked at any time, the "whole situation is not legally guaranteed," said Yuan Liu, president of the China Information Center...
...Liu also added that students face problems within the U.S. as well. Liu said that students who finish their schooling by this May could be denied the work visas they need to earn money for basic necessities...