Although China’s online dating industry will generate over $350 million in 2014, the stigma attached to casual sex may hold it back. Understanding cultural nuances, social gaming app Pengpeng has amassed more than 300,000 users and is popular with Millennial men and women alike.

A sexual awakening is occurring in China. As young people experiment with sex, drugs and civil disobedience, this shift has shades of the West’s cultural upheaval in the ‘60s. But are conservative values still shackling the majority? And to what extent can China’s youth really cut loose?

The phenomenon of hook-up culture is old news now, regardless of gender or sexuality; Tinder has 50 million users, while Grindr boasts over six million. But what are the implications of so much casual sex? Grindr is doing what it can to ensure that poor sexual health isn’t one of them.

With 73% of British singles admitting that alcohol makes a date easier, many of us are guilty of calming those pre-date nerves with a tipple or five. But in order to encourage sober sex, dating website Match.com has come up with a breathalyser-activated condom vending machine.