"You know what's happening with your food. There are no pesticides or herbicides—nothing that will negatively affect your health."

Dannan Hodge, co-founder of the urban farming company High Rise Homestead in Beijing, on July 13. Urban farming is slowly gaining popularity in Chinese cities

"Money can't buy love and care between family members. Hiring someone else to visit parents goes against traditional Chinese culture and is too commercial."

Yuan Xin, an expert on aging population studies at Nankai University, responding to a new parent-visiting service on taobao.com, one of China's major online retail platforms, on July 14

"I have to say calling for a taxi has been easier after the fare went up and no taxi drivers have refused me."

Cui Shaoyu, 25, said in response to the Beijing taxi price increase introduced at the beginning of June

"Shengnu, a Chinese term for unmarried women that literally means 'leftover women,' are being demonized. Parents are pressuring us, the media label us, there's a whole industry of matchmakers and others out there telling us it's a problem to be single."

Sandra Bao, who founded a social group called Leftover Attitude in Shanghai to support unmarried professional women