Late in 2004, China Daily News headline a “Men want career women want men.” The article was informed of a survey conducted in Nanjing, capital of East China’s Jiangsu Province. Its main conclusion: “The emphasis on job creation selection for Chinese male students on career prospects while women say they want their center plans where husbands are easy to find satisfactory. ”

It takes all kinds. In December 2005, another report entitled China “Teen girls eye executive jobs.” This is the result of a survey conducted by Japan’s Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living. The women interviewed in Shanghai and Tokyo about their plans for the future. The Japan choice: child care, teachers, doctors, Flight Attendants, and housewives. In contrast, Chinese women have indicated its five major decisions were teachers, the chairman or CEO, designer of mass communication and jobs related to the framework.

The newspaper reported Wu Zunmin, a professor at East China Normal University department of education, explains that the differences were due to cultural traditions in both nations. Japanese girls were traditionally well-trained, which could serve as wives, their husbands. Years, rapid urbanization, economic development Chinese girls have learned that the aim high and have a well-paid work, using a large enterprise.