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According to the Ministry³ of Human Resources and Social Security, about 1.4 million eligible⁴ candidates have signed up for the 2015 exam, compared with 1.52 million last year.

Has the "civil servant fever" cooled down? Why?

Topic2 College Students Become Street VendorsMore and more highly educated college students chose to become street vendors⁵ who sell low-cost products such as ruojiamo (a Shanxi specialty⁶ consisting of a pita-like bun filled with fatty pork and shredded⁷ vegetables), vegetables, rice noodles, and so on after their graduation.

Why?

Topic3 Delivery Apps Deliver Dirty FoodFood delivery apps are convenient for people who don't have time to cook or just hate cooking. With a few clicks, food can be sent to their apartments. However, according to a CCTV report, some of the dished are made in very filthy⁸ and stinky restaurants.

Is there a problem with these food delivery apps as reported?

Topic4 Better hearing care needed in ChinaDespite mushrooming sales of hearing aids during the past few years, China still needs better hearing care.

China's aging population combined with a growing middle class is expected to provide huge growth potential for hearing aid makers⁹.

Though the potential exists, the country still lags in the ratio of people suffering from hearing impairments to those who undergo hearing correction.

Is there a lack of good hearing care in China?

Topic5 Gender¹⁰ imbalance and good economic performanceThey say a good man is hard to find, but that's not the case in China, where men overwhelmingly outnumber women.

An economist¹¹ Wei Shangjin says in the next 10 years, gender imbalance amongst the Chinese young will continue to aggravate¹², as one in nine men will not be able to find a spouse¹³ ten years from now. He further predicts that this gender issue would actually stimulate¹⁴ growth for China's economy.

Before going into the economics, let's look at the social side of things. How serious is the gender imbalance problem and what is the prospect¹⁵?

Topic6 Chinese Male Chauvinists Lead to More Leftover¹⁶ WomenRecently, ABC Spanish Daily Newspaper publishes an article saying that in China, if a single woman is aged¹⁷ above 30, no matter how pretty or smart she is, it is very difficult for her to find a suitable marriage partner. The newspaper attributes the problem to male chauvinism in China.

Does it make sense?

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