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 Poll: Many Young Chinese Accepting of Gay People
 
 Neal Broverman 
          
          Feb 16, 2012
          
Neal Broverman
Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
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Very few young Chinese have hang-ups about gay people, according to one of the nation's most popular dating sites.
According to a poll on Jiayuan.com, 83% of Chinese born between 1980 and 1989 do not disapprove of homosexuality; roughly the same percentage was found among people born in the 1990s. Over 85,000 people were surveyed in the poll. Read more here.  
 
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