The trouble with sleep

SU XIAOPAO/FOR CHINA DAILY We all need it, but for many it's a nuisance that they feel deprives them of living, Zhang Lei reports. On March 21, designated by the United Nations as World Sleep Day, Nanguo Morning News, a newspaper in Guangxi autonomous region, conducted a survey that attracted 2,000 respondents, Forty-three percent of them said they sleep late every day because they feel that the only time of the day that truly belongs to them is just before they go to bed, and they treasure that so much that they are reluctant to sleep. About 36 percent of respondents said they go to bed late at least three days a week, and only 2 percent said they never go to bed late. Sixty-four percent said they sleep late because they watch dramas, variety shows, read books or play with their mobile phones. Twenty-six percent said their time during the day has been occupied by work and children, and they want to enjoy the time that truly belongs to them; 25 percent said they are very sleepy and tired in the middle of the night, but their minds are very active; 21 percent said a hindrance to sleep is their mobile phone, while at the same time doing things with them makes them happy as they retired for the night.