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China's Marriage Rate Plummets As Women Choose To Stay Single Longer

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At Shanghai's weekly "marriage market," parents advertise their unmarried adult children with signs taped to umbrellas. Chinese parents and the government are doing what they can to reverse the trend of falling marriage rates. The sign above the entrance reads: "Comprehensively manage the marriage market, maintain the order of the park together." (NPR)
At Shanghai's weekly "marriage market," parents advertise their unmarried adult children with signs taped to umbrellas. Chinese parents and the government are doing what they can to reverse the trend of falling marriage rates. The sign above the entrance reads: "Comprehensively manage the marriage market, maintain the order of the park together." (NPR)

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