by Leta Hong Fincher, The Guardian, UK – Shang Wen, a 32-year-old single mother of a three-year-old boy, is a rarity in China, largely because her parents helped her buy her own home in 2004. “Real estate was not too expensive then, and my parents had no idea the market was going to take off,” says Shang. Little did she know that this investment would end up paying off big time years later, giving her a degree of personal freedom that is rare for most young Chinese women, who have been increasingly left behind during the recent economic boom.
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