Article Subject: In China, matchmaking means gold digging

Article Link: http://behindthewall.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/24/5690200-in-china-matchmaking-means-gold-digging-

Article Rating: 3.0 (out of 5)

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Dr. Dato’s Brief:

Quite an interesting article on the current dating scene in China.

It briefly talks about a reality show organized by Golden Bachelor Matchmakers to find suitable chinese women to be matched to wealthy millionaire bachelors.

The post touches on the changing scene of China and its prosperity through the economic boom that has led to great divisions in wealth and power and as a result changing peoples attitudes to marriage. It would seem that now that money is abound it has attracted many women to the city looking for the ‘good life’ whereas previously arranged marriages were organized by families based on traditional values.

What I found most endearing is that Shanghai has a ‘marriage market’ held every weekend with a giant wall covered with handwritten posters of would-be suitors for parents to find mates for their sons and daughters.

Walking through the streets of the city, the author has observed many conversations with mothers talking with their daughters, ‘Oh, what does he have? Unfortunately, this materialistic view is also taken into the many online dating sites that are now popping all over China.

china's economic boom has changed the attitudes of people when it comes to dating and marriage