China's got a sex problem. The number of single women having abortions is increasing at an exponential rate. Chinese medical experts say that last year, unmarried women accounted for about 65 per cent of abortions in major cities.

　　Young people inundated with a more open Western culture have far different norms from a generation or two ago, when just holding hands in public was frowned upon.

　　These kids are having premarital sex. But there's a lack of corresponding sex education and contraceptive understanding. Some students at Chinese colleges are about as naive as elementary school students in developed countries when it comes to receiving education on sex-related matters.

　　A survey conducted in 2003 by the Chinese Youth and Children Research Centre, which involved 5,000 college students across China, indicated 6.6 per cent of respondents had received thorough sex education at the college level. An alarming 36 per cent said they had not received any sex education at college. Even today, such subjects are rarely spoken about, although many are seeking relationships. This leaves some young Chinese women extremely vulnerable to errant pregnancies or sexually transmitted diseases.