To nurture that closeness, the Zhejiang branch built "a public-interest dating platform," Qin Qing Lian, that is part "swipe right," part "socialism with Chinese characteristics."
Men are advised to become providers, women to find a provider, fast. "As long as he's willing to spend money on the woman he loves, he's the right one to marry," one tip says.
He spent the day trying out lines: "Why won't you look me in the eyes?" he asked one young woman. "Is it because I'm too handsome?"
Cai, the crooner, did not dispute that women are under more pressure. "Men don't age as quickly as women," he said, as if it were a scientific fact.
There are many points in the article that one can criticize, especially the implementation part prompting the author to describe degrowth as viable option (which I consider a social democrat capitalism-lite way of solving the problem)
But overall, it's a good and accurate critique of capitalism's symptoms on individuals and society as a whole.