In a survey conducted by Tencent and China Youth Daily, nearly 87.5 percent of all 15,068 responders feel that it’s easy to get to know people but they have few friends who can really understand them. About 45.3 percent say that each of them has less than 5 friends. Another 34.3 percent have more, about 6 to 10 each. In other words, nearly 80 percent of responders have no more than 10 friends. In contrast, about 56 percent of them have more than 50 acquaintances, even more than 100.

As a matter of fact, with the advancement of communication, it is easy for people to get to know each other; however, people seem to exchange feelings and ideas with each other less and less. Most of responders believe the mobility of the society is the main cause of the loss of friendship, as many people have to move from place to place to make a living. More than half of them think pressure should also be responsible, as it deprives people of chances of communication between each other. One quarter of them blame cyber-friendship, as it actually cuts the exchange of real emotions. In my opinion, the reason why people have fewer friends is that people have closed the doors to their hearts and keep distance from others when they meet for the first time. If so, how can they have a sincere friend?

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