Marriage is a union between two people, but no one said either has to be alive. The ancient Chinese tradition of ‘ghost ...

A man sparked widespread attention on Chinese social media after posting a wedding invitation featuring himself and two women ...

New marriages in China reportedly plummeted by one-fifth last year, implying that the official number of births will likely fall from 9.54 million in 2024 to 7.3- 7.8 million in 2025. Thus, while ...

Recognising a business opportunity, she realised that many individuals in China, grappling with familial expectations, struggle with dating and marriage. Over the past seven years, Cao has ...

BEIJING -- China has revised its marriage registration rules, reducing paperwork and giving couples greater flexibility in choosing where to register their union, as part of a wider push to ...

The trend among Chinese women of postponing or eschewing marriage will undermine Beijing’s efforts to boost falling birth rates, says Yi Fuxian of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

So alarming is this demographic reality that early this month Chinese premier Li Qiang announced that the government will be rolling out new policies to boost the birth rate. But the marriage ...

BEIJING - China announced on March 22 measures to simplify the marriage registration process and lessen the financial burden on couples in an initiative by Beijing to boost births. It is rare to ...

The steep decline in girl birth rates in China is pushing the "remaining" bachelors to... buy brides from abroad, including ...

So alarming is this demographic reality that early this month Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced that the government will be rolling out new policies to boost the birth rate. But the marriage ...

CHINA’s marriage rate is in steep decline. There were 6.1 million marriage registrations nationwide in 2024, down from 7.7 million the previous year. This decline has prompted Chen Songxi, a Chinese ...