A male midwife in eastern China has won praise for his professionalism and striking looks while defying relatives who dismissed his career choice as embarrassing. Zhang Jintao, 25, from Yiwu in Zhejiang province, became a midwife at a leading provincial hospital after graduating from university. According to Southern Daily, men accounted for just three per cent of China’s nurses in 2021, the number of male midwives was even fewer.