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Most young women in China would prefer to date men 10 years older than themselves, a nationwide survey has found. 在中国大部分年轻女性更愿意与比自己大10岁的男人约会，一个全国性调查发现。 They told researchers they preferred older men because they were more attractive, wealthier and better able to take care of them. 她们告诉研究人员，她们更喜欢年长的男人，因为他们更有魅力、富有且能更好地照顾她们。 According to the survey of 98,000 men and women across the country, 70 percent of women aged between 18 and 25 preferred older men. Of those, about 64 percent were hoping to have older boyfriends, 17 percent had dated older men and the rest expressed a preference for older men over men their own age. 根据对全国范围内98000名男女的调查，70%年龄在18岁到25岁的女性首选老男人。这其中，大约有64%的人希望能有年长的男朋友，17%与年长的男人约会过，其余也表示与自己年龄相仿的男性相比更偏爱年长的男性。 However, the women were concerned that such relationships might not please their parents and that an older man might have a family already or could be too mature for them to handle. 然而，女性担心这样的关系可能会让父母不悦，一位年长男人可能已有家室或可能对她们来说太成熟而无法驾驭。 According to the survey, published by the Training and Communication Center of the National Population and Family planning Commission, together with Beijing-based wedding website jiayuan.com, the country has 249 million unmarried adults. | 
