She's single and enjoying life in Beijing, far away from parents in a conservative southern city who, she says, are ashamed that they have an unmarried 38-year-old daughter.

她单身，独自一人在北京生活得还不错，父母则远在家乡，一个传统保守的南方城市。她说父母为有一个38岁的未婚女儿而觉得丢人。

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In this paper, both the empirical investigation of China's capital Beijing, and Guangzhou in southern China, but also in the central city of Zhengzhou.

本文的实证调查既有我国的首都北京，又有处于我国南方的广州，还有处于中部的城市郑州。

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Here in Beijing, I could hear my father's voice from the distant southern city, lingering in the air, by my ears.

我站在北京，父亲的声音来自遥远的南方，他在我的耳边久久回荡。

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