On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 17:38, Srini RamaKrishnan <[email protected]> wrote: > If you find this unbelievable check out how the Chinese get married. > With a male:female ratio that's even more skewed than in India, and > with no social stigma against marrying non-Chinese, the Chinese men > have it much tougher.
On the other side side of the Himalayas: Matrimonials – Chinese style by Pallavi Aiyar """ Held every Sunday afternoon, the market is a forum for parents who have come to despair of their educated, career-driven offsprings ever finding appropriate life-partners on their own and have thus decided to take matters into their own hands. “Boy, 28 yrs, has own apartment in Fuxing district, no mortgage, Communist Party member,” advertises the piece of paper offered up by one bespectacled father. """ And the non-stigma about marrying non-Chinese: """ I (Pallavi) am quickly approached by several people anxiously asking if I am “available”. When I shake my head in regret they quickly change tack and inquire about prospective single friends I might have. """ ~ash
