Single Day: how many single dogs are pretending to be shopping?

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Women in Australia spend 5 hours 11 minutes in household work while Aussie men typically spend two hours 52 mins each day, figures show. Source: Getty images

Back in the 1990s, it became popular in Chinese universities to celebrate singles' day on 11 November. However, singles' day has been overshadowed by the shopping craze in recent years. On this day, special goods are more attractive than love.


China's birth rate has fallen sharply in the past two years, and the problem of aging population is getting worse. Correspondingly, more and more people would like to be single and do not want to get married. 


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