S: that’s true. But I have a low opinion of those women who go out with foreigners.

N: oh, why?

S: I think some Chinese wonem marry foreigners for money while others just want to live abroad. There is no true love between them.

N: I wouldn’t say that’s totally true. I’ve met many happy intercultural couples.

S: well, then why aren’t there many East-West couples where the man is a Chinese and the woman is a Westerner?

N: I guess it’s because the Chinese women are more attractive to Western men.

S: or because they are less attractive to to Chinese men.

N: what do you mean?

S: you know, usually the woman is in her thirties and she is a left girl.

N: a left girl? What’s that?

S: they’re called that because they’re left behind on the shelf. They’re also known by their three H’s---high diploma, high salary, and high degree.

N: and they’re also known as the three S’s—single, stuck, and born in the seventies.

S: definitely! So most of these women go for Western men.

N: you have a point here, but I believe some mixed marriages are based on true love.

S: that’ for sure but very few.