Shocking! 50 Million Chinese Bachelors Can’t Find Chinese Wives, Start Harassing Foreign Women
Summary
TLDRThe video script discusses the challenges rural Chinese men face in finding spouses due to economic hardships and gender imbalances, exacerbated by the high costs of marriage. It highlights the rising bride prices and the financial burdens on rural families. The script also explores the controversial trend of Chinese men seeking foreign brides, leading to accusations of inappropriate behavior towards foreign women online. Experts attribute these difficulties to China's historical one-child policy and economic downturn, suggesting that international marriages might be a potential solution to the growing number of unmarried men in rural areas.
Takeaways
- 👨🌾 Rural men find it increasingly difficult to find wives, leading to a rise in single older bachelors.
- 🏠 Financial instability and lack of material assets like a house, car, and savings are major barriers for rural men seeking marriage.
- 👰 The high bride price in rural areas is a significant obstacle for average families, making marriage unaffordable.
- 🚗 Changes in societal norms and expectations have made it harder for rural men to find partners, as more women seek better prospects in urban areas.
- 🌍 Some rural bachelors turn to foreign women for marriage, resulting in reports of inappropriate online behavior and harassment from Chinese men.
- 📉 China's gender imbalance, a consequence of the one-child policy, exacerbates the difficulty for men to find wives.
- 💸 Marriage costs, including bride prices, housing, and cars, can be prohibitively expensive, leading some men into debt.
- 📊 A significant decline in marriage registrations reflects the growing difficulty and changing attitudes toward marriage in China.
- 👩🦰 Rural areas experience a shortage of marriage-age women, with many moving to cities or eastern regions for better opportunities.
- 🛤️ The phenomenon of high bride prices and the struggle to find wives in rural areas highlights the broader socioeconomic challenges facing China's rural population.
Q & A
Why is it difficult for rural men over 35 to find a wife in China?
-Rural men over 35 find it difficult to find a wife because they often lack savings, a house, and a car, which are considered essential for marriage.
How has the frequency of weddings in rural areas changed in recent years?
-The frequency of weddings in rural areas has significantly decreased, with fewer wedding cars seen during celebrations around the New Year compared to previous years.
What are some reasons why rural men struggle to find wives, according to the emotional blogger mentioned in the script?
-Rural men struggle to find wives due to high bride prices, lack of financial stability, and the tendency of rural women to seek better prospects in urban areas.
What measures have some rural men taken to find spouses, as mentioned in the script?
-Some rural men have turned their attention to foreign women, often using inappropriate methods like sending unsolicited messages to foreign female bloggers.
What did a report by the China Rural Research Institute at Central China Normal University reveal about the marriage issue for older rural men?
-The report indicated that the marriage issue for older rural men has worsened significantly, impacting the stability of local rural families and grassroots society.
What are some reasons rural men seek foreign wives, according to associate professor Ding Changfa?
-Rural men seek foreign wives due to their perceived fair skin, good looks, long legs (Slavic women), and simplicity, understanding, and ease of living (Southeast Asian women).
What was one of the impacts of China's previous one-child policy on the current marriage market?
-The one-child policy led to a severe gender imbalance, resulting in a significant shortage of marriageable women and increased costs for marriage, including high bride prices.
How have economic factors contributed to the difficulty in finding spouses in China?
-Economic factors, such as the high cost of marriage (bride price, housing, car) and the economic downturn, have made it difficult for many young people to afford marriage and support a family.
What is the typical cost of marriage in China, and how does it vary by region?
-The cost of marriage in China can range from hundreds of thousands to over a million yen, with bride prices being particularly high in provinces like Heilongjiang and Fujian, and lower in areas like Beijing and Shanghai.
How has the behavior of some Chinese men towards foreign women online impacted perceptions of China?
-The inappropriate and persistent online behavior of some Chinese men towards foreign women has led to negative perceptions and strong anti-China sentiments in other countries, damaging China's international reputation.
Outlines
😢 The Struggles of Rural Men in Finding Wives
The difficulty for rural men to find wives has become a major concern for their parents, considered unfilial in rural areas. The lack of savings, houses, and cars makes it almost impossible for men over 35 to find a wife. The high bride price and the preference of women to move to urban areas have exacerbated the situation. Some rural bachelors are turning to foreign women, leading to inappropriate online behavior and harassment. These actions reflect deeper societal and economic issues, including the gender imbalance and high marriage costs.
📉 Marriage Challenges in Rural China
Rural areas face a severe shortage of wives, with many bachelors unable to find a spouse even with lowered standards. The longstanding one-child policy has led to a gender imbalance, contributing to the difficulty. The high cost of marriage, including bride prices, cars, and houses, puts significant financial pressure on families. Many rural men are resorting to placing marriage ads and turning to foreign women due to the dire situation.
💔 High Costs and Cultural Differences in Marriage
Many young people in China prefer staying single or adopting a 'lying flat' lifestyle due to the high cost of marriage and economic pressures. Surveys show that men in rural areas face higher bride prices and difficulty in finding wives. This has led to an increasing number of bachelors, and some men are turning to foreign women as an alternative. The high cost of marriage, combined with China's economic downturn, has made it challenging for both rural and urban residents to get married and raise children.
🌍 The Impact of Cultural and Economic Factors on Marriage
In many Western countries, marriage is based on love and mutual commitment rather than material exchanges. The high cost of marriage in China, along with a severe gender imbalance, has led to an increasing number of bachelors seeking foreign wives. This phenomenon has been fueled by the gloating over other countries' misfortunes on Chinese social media. The push to import foreign young women highlights the critics' views on the current state of Chinese society and its controlled internet.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Rural men
💡Bride price
💡Gender imbalance
💡Economic downturn
💡International marriages
💡One-child policy
💡Social media harassment
💡Marriage costs
💡Population expert
💡Cultural expectations
Highlights
Difficulty for rural men to find wives has become a major concern, considered unfilial in rural areas.
Rural men over 35 struggle to find wives due to lack of savings, houses, and cars.
Decline in wedding celebrations and wedding cars in rural areas during New Year.
High bride price in rural areas makes it difficult for ordinary families to afford marriages.
City girls do not marry into rural areas, while many rural girls move to cities.
Some rural bachelors are turning to foreign women for marriage due to local difficulties.
Reports of Chinese male netizens harassing foreign women on social media.
China Rural Research Institute reports increased difficulty for older rural men in finding spouses, impacting local stability.
Experts suggest opening up international marriages to address the issue.
High costs of marriage in China, including bride price, housing, and cars, contribute to the problem.
Severe gender imbalance due to the one-child policy exacerbates the issue.
Reports indicate a significant number of single men unable to find wives in rural areas.
Economic downturn and high unemployment rates further complicate marriage prospects.
Surveys show higher bride prices in central and western rural regions compared to eastern regions.
Some rural men give up on finding wives, preferring to stay single due to financial pressures.
Transcripts
the difficulty for Rural men to find
rots has become a major concern for
their parents this is considered
unfilial in rural areas in recent years
such unfilial incidents have become
increasingly
common nowadays it's really tough for
Rural men over 35 to find a wife
seriously do they have savings no do
they have a house no do they have a car
no without these things they're
basically screwed finding a wife is just
impossible look at the past few years
how many people get married during the
New Year there used to be several
wedding cars during the celebrations
before and after the new year now it
seems like you don't see wedding cars at
all why is this happening another
emotional blogger on the internet offers
a different answer has anyone noticed
that the number of Bachelors in Euro
areas has become overwhelming it's
really sad men from ordinary rural
families basically can't get wife
anymore the bride price in rural areas
is so high that average families can't
afford it having a car a house and
savings are just the basics now girls
mindset have changed and with more men
than women girls have become more
realistic even rural girls don't want to
marry back into rural areas anymore for
Rural boys if they don't have a stable
Financial background it's very hard to
find a wife the Blogger believes that
besides the high cost of marriage it's
mainly because city girls do not marry
into rural areas while many rural girls
move away this is related to women's
natural tendency to seek better
prospects generally aiming higher as it
becomes increasingly difficult to find a
spouse some rural Bachelors have turned
their attention to foreign women
recently many foreign female bloggers
have accused Chinese male netizens of
collective sexual harassment a Russian
woman said her social media was
bombarded by dozens of Chinese men but
she wasn't the worst of reportedly her
friend was harassed by hundreds of
Chinese men who openly said come to
China I'll marry you these accusations
reveal the diverse and often
inappropriate methods Chinese male nens
use in their pickup attempts some
specifically search online for pretty
foreign girls and send inappropriate
private messages one by one after being
rejected their switch languages and
persist with their Shameless approach
they even translate sappy messages into
English and copy paste them in foreign
girls comment section fearing they might
not understand some even flood into
other Count's official live broadcast
while foreign female hosts sincerely
introduce their local Specialties these
men scrutinize their looks and make lwd
comments it got to the point where a
bellian national live broadcaster had to
post a video using the official account
pleading please Chinese guys can you
stop asking for beautiful girl links can
you stop privately messaging about age
and marriage can you stop sending lwd
photos in in response some foreign women
have said they and their friends were
originally very interested in China they
were learning Chinese and trying out
Chinese social media but before even
visiting China they were so disgusted by
the online behavior that they no longer
wanted to learn the language
subsequently some people discovered the
reasons behind these distasteful
phenomena recently the China rural
Research Institute of at Central China
Normal University released a report on
the difficulties faced by older rural
men in finding spouses the report
indicates that in recent years a
marriage issue for some older rural men
have worsened significantly impacting
the stability of local rural families
and grassroot Society associate
professor from the economic department
at shamen University ding changfa
believes that the key solution lies in
opening up the international marriages
many young men in China have gone to
Russia Cambodia Vietnam Pakistan and
other countries adopting a bring in go
out approach to attract suitable young
women from abroad as a result these
older rural Bachelors expressed desires
to marry Slavic beauties for their fair
skin good looks and long legs and
Southeast Asian wives for their
Simplicity understanding and ease of
living they present grandio reasons
advocating for anti- involution
emphasizing that they must win foreign
girls heart with love rather than
spending money and effort it must be
said that although the actions of these
older Bachelors are quite distasteful
the phenomenon of increasing numbers of
Bachelors is very common in China recent
media reports indicate that as of 2021
there are about 239 million single
people age 15 and above in China a
professor at the school of Economics at
nanka University and vice president of
the China population Association yening
pointed out that the lack of suitable
marriage age women for millions of men
is an established fact with over 13
million men unable to find a Chinese
wife a person from guangong commented
that while the situation in cities is
manageable rural areas face a severe
shortage of wives with many Bachelors
unable to find a spouse even with
lowered standard not just 30 million
even 50 million is believable
considering the number of Bachelors in
the villages on the internet some rural
men have taken to posting marriage as
directly on country roads stating their
single status one man who is 5 ft and 2
in tall healthy and without bad habits
only requires that the women and be able
to have children in the video he
repeatedly asked passers to help him
promote his ad on doing why is it
becoming increasingly difficult for
Chinese men to find partners and why are
some turning to foreign women for
marriage experts believe that a
significant reason for the difficulty
young men face in finding spouses was
the previous longstanding one child
policy which has led to a severe gender
imbalance according to statistics from
China's Ministry of civil Affairs the
number of marriage registration ations
Nationwide in the first quarter of this
year fell below the 2 million Mark with
only 1.97 million registrations it is a
decrease of 178,000 compared to the same
period last year a drop of
88.3% population expert H yau who has
longrack marriage registration data told
Chinese Financial media Outlet Jan news
that there are 17.5 million more men
than women aged 20 to 40 in China this
contri Utes to the imbalance in the
marriage age population a population
expert and Senior researcher at the
University of Wisconsin Madison Dr E FM
also told Radio free Asia that the one
policy has raised people's expectations
for marriage with more rural women
hoping to marry into City Life this
gender imbalance increases the cost of
marriage including bride prices and
housing men often have to pay
increasingly higher daies to win the
approval of the bride's family not to
mention the necessity of owning a house
and a car reports indicate that the
combined cost of a car a house and the
bride price can range from hundreds of
thousands to over a million yen some men
go into debt and fall into poverty while
some parents see saving money for their
son's marriage as a lifelong goal
according to the difficulties in is
China's economic downturn in recent
years making marriage and child birth a
significant challenge for both rural and
urban residents the primary reason for
seeking for a marriage is the high cost
of getting married in China with places
significant Financial pressures on many
people according to data from the
analytics media Shu Joo ba in 2020 the
average bride price in China was about
70,000 unen or $9,600
provinces like Zang Halon Jang and fuen
had the highest bride pric ex exceeding
130,000 un or
$18,000 which is three to six times the
local residents annual disposable income
Ching Shing Jang and duding had the
lowest with less than 30,000 or
$4,100 considering economic levels the
least pressured areas for bride prices
were Shanghai guong toning Beijing and
hyan requiring only one year's
disposable income a 30-year-old
programmer from tiing Peter Wong is now
living in the US he told Radio free Asia
that in China's third tier cities
including rural areas low incomes and
limited Financial Freedom opportunities
lead the bride's family to demand a sum
equivalent to four or five times a local
average annual income as a bride price
some families save the bride price for
the Newly Weds While others use it to
help the bride's brother buy a house in
the future a villager from xang City ham
Province Mr Wang said many ruled people
can't afford to get married in shishang
the bride price is set at 100,000 un or
$14,000 excluding Furniture appliances
and housing another villager Mr mung
from puyang Ham Province said local
weddings require over 300,000 Yen or
$41,000 just for the bride price and the
total cost including buying a car and a
house exceeds 1 million yen or about
$140,000 many families go into debt for
weddings a young man from Shandon
province with a pseudonym sing said that
marriage in his Province also cost over
300,000 y or
$41,000 despite working hard he hasn't
earned enough to get married a her
native now living in the US Lucy also
believes that the high cost of marriage
in China is prohibitive she said that
nowadays in China getting M requires a
house and a car as basic necessities
along with a bride price even in
non-first tier cities a house and a car
cost around 2 millionen or about
$280,000 given China's poor employment
environment where can one earn such an
amount typically getting married can
empty the savings of three generations
of a family besides the cost of marriage
the inability to afford raising children
is another significant reason young
people hesitate to marry Lucy thinks
that economic factors in China have led
many young people to prefer staying
single or adopting a lying flat
lifestyle rather than getting married
those who do marry often feel regret and
even advise others against entering the
besieged city of marriage consequently
Lucid believes that China's aging
population will worse in the future and
the marriage rate will continue to
decline which is an inevitable Trend
alongside Rising marriage cost China's
youth unemployment rate remains High Mr
E full sh stated that if they can't
support themselves they lack the ability
and willingness to support a family or
get married a young Financial worker
from gandong using the pseudonym V
frankly admitting that the negative news
frequently seen and heard in his
financial Circle has greatly diminished
young people's expectation of marriage
additionally with China's economic
downturn even the middle class is
tightening the belts becoming less
willing to invest in relationships this
pressure is even more prevalent in rural
areas
surveys indicate that the further one
goes into Central and Western Rural
regions the higher the bride price
marable women from rural areas tend to
move to Eastern regions where it's rare
to find bachelors in rural areas men in
their 40s and 50s and Eastern rural
areas can still marry young women in
their 20s and 30s from Central and
Western rural areas to retain local
girls or attract girls from other
regions men in Central and Western rural
areas must offer High Bride prices
Additionally the more remote the
mountainous areas the higher the bride
price girls from these remote areas tend
to move to Plaine or towns local men
must increase their financial capacity
and value proposition by offering higher
bride prices if they want to marry
furthermore the poorer the family the
higher the bride price in the rural
marriage Market the worse the condition
of the groom's family and the more Sons
they have the higher the bride price
demanded by the bride's family
conversely families with better
conditions and fewer Sons face
relatively lower demands for those ruler
men who cannot afford the bride price
remaining single becomes their only
option I've been looking for a wife for
years without any luck I might end up
single for life because no woman wants
to marry me nowadays many women have
high demands they want a house a car
savings and a stable income but no
matter how hard I try I can't afford a
house since it's so hard to find a wife
now I've decided to stop looking I think
being alone is pretty good there's no
pressure to support a family or pay a
mortgage if I can feed myself that's
enough in many Western countries
marriage is seen as a natural result of
two people coming together because of
Love without the need of material
exchanges to validate the legality of
the relationship in these cultures
marriage emphasizes the emotional
foundation and mutual commitment to the
couple rather than the change of
material wealth this is why the practice
of bride prices which is based on
material wealth is not common in these
countries consequently foreign women
have become the main targets for older
Chinese Bachelors on the other hand some
argue that the population imbalance and
High marriage costs adjust objective
reasons while the subjective reason is
that people's morals have deteriorated
this embarrassing situation is not the
first of its kind two years ago am
missst the chaos of the Russian Ukraine
wall countless dis Place civilians were
scattered everywhere while many were
merely bystanders some took advantage of
the situation there were online comments
about taking in heartbroken Ukrainian
girls and others expressed concerns only
about whether beautiful women could be
safely brought into China when a
Ukrainian model finally reached a safe
place after much hardship the comments
were overwhelmingly about inviting her
to China to be a wife these disgraceful
remarks translated and spread to many
countries at the time fueled strong
anti-china sentiments among some
ukrainians putting Chinese residents and
students in Ukraine at risk this
incident sparked widespread condemnation
veteran Chinese journalist G Yu stated
that these Shameless comments made all
Chinese people look disgraceful in the
eyes of the world turning the country
into the most barbaric vulgar and
uncivilized Nation a former editor at
the China youth daily Lee out home
lamented that such brainless Behavior
among Chinese people is a result of the
Chinese government's brain washing it
starts from Kitten Garden turning people
into ignorant fools who blindly follow
whatever the government says this is the
outcome of Nationwide brainwashing
education nothing surprising about it
but some critics argue that the
welcoming of young Ukrainian female
refugees and other distasteful comments
seen on Chinese social media during the
Ukrainian crisis were not simply the
results of the Chinese internet sensus
failure similar reactions were observed
in 2001 during the terrorist attacks in
Washington DC and New York City in 2011
during the earthquake and tsunami Japan
and in 2020 to 2021 during the severe
covid-19 outbreaks in the US and India
the gloating over other countries
misfortunes has become a notable Chinese
characteristic of the Chinese controlled
internet today the push to import
foreign young women seem to further
validate these critics views
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