‘Now it’s about personal happiness’: popular Granny Wang dating show belies China’s falling marriage rates
‘Now it’s about personal happiness’: popular Granny Wang dating show belies China’s falling marriage rates
- August 16, 2025
- Wang Feng, sociology, The Guardian, Yahoo News, Aug. 16, 2025
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China’s marriage rates have plummeted to record lows, a trend that is increasingly treated as a national crisis. … The trend is particularly apparent among urban, educated women. More than 40% of urban 25- to 29-year-olds have never married, up from 9% in 2000, according to analysis from Wang Feng, a professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine.
For the full story, please visit https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/16/china-granny-wang-dating-show-marriage-rates.
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