SHANGHAI, China—“I’m here to find a ... The crowd nods. I’m at a fake-marriage market, where Chinese lesbians and gay men meet to find a potential husband or wife. In China, the pressure ...

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No matter, says Liu, his niece has a good job. Welcome to Shanghai’s marriage market. Each weekend, mothers, fathers and, in Liu’s case, concerned uncles, come to a sun-dappled corner of ...

Information of unmarried adults and request of desired partners are displayed at the marriage market in Shanghai. Credit: Sanghee Liu By mid-morning on a Saturday, the People’s Park in Shanghai ...

Every Sunday, Shanghai’s Central Park hosts an event which might be considered unusual in other parts of the world – a marriage market. As visitor Jeffrey told Storyful, “parents post advertisements ...

Shanghai's real-estate market is so strong, even tradition can't stand in its way. Young men used to buy large "marriage apartments" in which to live with a future bride, but can no longer afford ...

The day Chinese photographer Guo Yingguang went to the “marriage market” in downtown Shanghai last summer looking for dates she was constantly asked one question: “How old are you?” ...

We attended a marriage market. It's inside People's Park, a wooded expanse of the giant city of Shanghai. This is a scene. AOWEN CAO: Yeah. INSKEEP: There's hundreds of people here. China's birth ...

SHANGHAI – Young Trip.com staff glance up from their Lenovo laptops at a digital data wall that scrolls continuously. The data on destinations keeps them informed in real time, as they tend to ...