‘All study, no social life’: Mother in China complains high-achieving daughter with PhD just reads and won’t find a man


By Liya Su

A PhD graduate is trending on mainland social media after her mother complained that she disliked social activities and buried herself in books.

In a viral video, the woman’s mother, from Zhejiang province in eastern China, said she is worried that her daughter, shown at her desk, head bent over her books, will never meet a man to marry.

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