Online marriage brokers are common in China, but a young Chinese Web site is thriving by turning the traditional idea of marriage on its head. Called Marriage for Asexuals, the site claims to be the ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Civil Affairs University announced a new undergraduate marriage program to develop marriage-related industries and culture, drawing scorn of social media users who ...

China last year registered the fewest marriages since its public records began more than three decades ago – adding to concerns the country faces a looming demographic crisis. There were 7.6 million ...

A couple prepares to participate in a staged mass wedding in Shanghai BEIJING (Reuters) - China, which has been releasing a slew of measures to bolster its sagging population levels, recorded a drop ...

The average marriage age for first marriages was 28.67 years old in 2020, up from 24.89 years old a decade prior, according to census data. Efforts from Chinese officials in recent years to reverse ...

Approaching 60, Zhang Xiaomei lives a retirement many people envy: dancing in the mornings, resting in the afternoons, and playing mahjong with friends at night.

BEIJING — Limiting marriage to a relationship between a man and a woman will remain China’s legal position, a parliament spokesman said on Wednesday, ruling out following neighboring Taiwan in ...

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GUJRANWALA, Pakistan >> Muqadas Ashraf was just 16 when her parents married her off to a Chinese man who had come to Pakistan looking for a bride. Less than five months later, Muqadas is back in her ...

A 13-year-old child bride is to be ordered back to school after she and her 17-year-old boyfriend broke Chinese marriage law, a regulator said on Saturday. Civil affairs officials cannot validate the ...