The things that might attract women to the profession have kind of always been true. What's changed now, do you think? Last year, nearly half of the graduates from mortuary schools were all online students. Some of the best students are bartenders because they're really good at talking with people.
The enforcers of the hardliners’ mores may have been disbanded; it is
hard to know if the regime is bending to protesters or sowing confusion. Either way the disquiet looks set to continue. We take a look at China’s widely watched nightly news and the narrative it hopes to promulgate. And why women are suddenly
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