The phenomenon of migration has had many grave social and personal consequences, one of which is the increasing generation gap in lifestyle and values. This twenty year old who works in a supermarket in Guizhou Province’s capital, Guyiang, returned to her village home to announce her marriage to the Taiwanese bus driver (left of photo) she met on an internet chat-line. Her decision to emigrate to Taiwan with her new husband was taken without parental consent which greatly upset her mother (right).