Puppy love in China

Zaolian (Chinese: 早恋; literal meaning "early love") in mainland China means "to have a romantic relationship too early"^[1] and refers to romantic relationship of adolescents before they go to university. According to surveys of the recent 20 years, there are actually few people in China who never experience romantic relationship during Junior High and Senior High. Most people may have unrequited love, and a mutual romantic relationship takes place only when the two adolescents like each other. However, in China, most parents, who are conservative, and educators supporting examination-based education claim that zaolian will bring many problems such as it will affect students' study ability and examination marks, or that zaolian relationship will almost always split in the end.

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