21-year-old’s suicide highlights pressures men face in marriage market in China

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“men should be the providers in exchange for women’s feminine qualities, such as beauty, youth, emotional support and domestic responsibilities”

the skewed gender ratio in the country worsens the problem, with men facing high odds of finding a wife...According to China’s 2020 national population census, the country has 30 million more men than women. For those between the ages of 20 and 40 – considered the marriageable age range in China – men outnumber women by 17.52 million, which translates into 108.9 men per 100 women. 

Even though younger generations of Chinese are more educated, traditional beliefs about how men should provide financially for their girlfriends or wives are still common. A Chinese man is often expected to have a house and car before a woman would marry him. A suitor is also expected to provide a betrothal gift, or cai li in Mandarin, to his bride-to-be’s family

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