Shanghai's marriage market: Bridal bliss or marital mayhem?
Shanghai's marriage market: Bridal bliss or marital mayhem?
- February 11, 2010
- Wang Feng, sociology professor and department chair, is quoted by CNN February 11, 2010
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From CNN:
“Sustained abnormal sex ratio at birth in China for nearly three decades, following
China's launch of its one-child policy, clearly has a major impact on the Chinese
marriage market,” explains Professor Wang Feng, Chair of the sociology department
at University of California, Irvine and an expert in Chinese population demographics.
But while that sounds like China's men will be running over themselves to find a wife
come 2020, the news is not so bad for those in Shanghai. “Involuntary bachelorhood
so far is largely confined to the poor," explains Professor Wang. "For men, especially
those in Shanghai, finding a wife is still possible and marriage is still one of the
primary markers of success in life.”
For the full story, please visit http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/play/sausage-fest-2020-future-shanghai-mar....
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