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Marriage prerequisites – virginity, house, fidelity

This is the Thinking China Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s post is looking at marriage and relationships in contemporary China. An article … Continue reading

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The life of other people

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest proposes three personal reflections on urban life in contemporary China. All three … Continue reading

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10.10.10. - A lucky day to get married

New Culture View (新文化报) reports today on the many marriage registrations that took place yesterday because of the lucky date - 10.10.10. In Changchun alone, 1917 couples were married, and traffic was congested due to at least 10,000 cars hired for the use of getting married.

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Get your wedding vows from the government

The Ministry of Civil Affairs presents four forms for a wedding ceremony in China.

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Marriage and money in Wuhan

Matchmaking agencies make up 25% of responses to personals ads.

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Nearly 20,000 couples married in Beijing yesterday

Nearly 20,000 couples got married in Beijing yesterday.

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Leaking family secrets

Letters from Chinese students to a foreign agony uncle in a a state-owned English newspaper (Part V)

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Kiss the screen already

Letters from Chinese students to a foreign agony uncle in a a state-owned English newspaper (Part IV).

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It’s dating, mom, not mating

Letters from Chinese students to a foreign agony uncle in a a state-owned English newspaper (Part III)

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Sexy Beijing: Matchmaker, Matchmaker

Are arranged marriages still popular in Beijing? Sufei finds out in this episode of Sexy Beijing.

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