 It was reportedly due to the cold, uninterested, or unappealing attitudes of the male expats and the shyness and cultural differences of the Chinese men, and another account in 2010 documented similar, if slightly improved results.A different report in 2010, though, suggested that some Chinese men preferred Western women, viewing them as less girlish and materialistic, and also more independent and straightforward than Chinese women.A 2016 survey of Chinese students abroad, however, imply there have been significant barriers to foreign dating, and the intermarriage rate of Chinese women in Shanghai has been decreasing.