Photo Video: Chinese Wedding Motorcades – Daqi
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View ArticleBeijing Expects Weddings Rush as Olympics Open
It may sound superstitious, but many Chinese young couples want to tie the knot on a lucky day—the most auspicious one in 2008 happens to be Aug.8, the day Beijing Olympic Games opens. From AFP: The...
View ArticleVideo: Weddings on Wheels
Not every fashionable wedding demands a lavish banquet and a limousine, reports Shanghai Daily – and for the record number of Chinese couples expected to marry this year, that may be a relief: When Xu...
View ArticleWedding Photo Shoot in The Earthquake
A couple went to Pengzhou to take their wedding photographs, when the Sichuan earthquake hit the area. They survived the disaster. From ND Daily via www.xgana.com: © Kate Zhao for China Digital Times...
View ArticleBeijing’s ‘Happy Couples’ Launch Campaign for Same-Sex Marriages
The Guardian reports on a wedding pictures event by same-sex couples in Beijing: With her bouquet of roses and fluffy white dress, Han Xincheng looked the epitome of the glamorous modern Chinese bride....
View ArticleSlideshow: A Wedding in Rural Yunnan
Photographer and blogger “Flying Bird and Fish” posted a group of photos of a wedding in rural Yunnan. He says that generally Chinese parents don’t hesitate to spend most of their savings on their...
View ArticleMy Big Fat Uyghur Wedding
The Far West China blog has published a series of posts giving an in-depth look at a Uighur wedding ceremony. From the introduction: This week will be dedicated to an incredible Xinjiang tradition...
View ArticleScalpers Scoop up Lucky Wedding Dates
Global Times reports on “wedding scalpers,” or individuals who book venues on auspicious dates for exorbitantly high prices: My friend Xiao Xu and his wife-to-be were at least as worried as happy by...
View ArticleChinese Manufacturers Join Royal Wedding Feeding Frenzy
MSNBC’s Adrienne Mong reports on enterprising Chinese manufacturers’ efforts to tap into royal wedding fever with commemorative coins and replica engagement rings and dresses. Wang Xiaofeng has spent...
View Article‘Love You Forever’ Day Prompts Marriage Rush
According to the BBC, thousands of couples flocked to registry offices across China on Friday hoping that getting married on that day would bring them lasting romance. Friday, January 4, 2013, when...
View ArticleYear of the Snake Draws Hisses
At The Wall Street Journal, Te-Ping Chen and Fiona Law describe Hong Kong’s lukewarm welcome for the Year of the Snake: The coming year […] suffers because it is considered a “blind year,” meaning it...
View ArticleRejecting the “Leftover Women” Label
As the marriage market in China grows more competitive due to a surplus of men, some Chinese single ladies are starting to challenge the label of “leftover women”, a term used to describe unmarried...
View ArticleTeaching “Leftover Women” to Find an Elite Husband
At Daily Life, Monica Tan tells of her experience alongside scores of China’s “leftover women” (剩女)—the ranks of successful women in China who choose to remain single amid societal pressure and a...
View ArticleChina Vows Austerity; Giant Fish Devours $11 Million
Following a freeze on construction of new government buildings aimed at reining in embarrassingly palatial offices, Chris Buckley reports controversy over one city government’s colossal $11 million...
View ArticleSocial Customs & Inequality: Two Weddings, No Fridge
Lavish gift-giving among China’s wealthy has attracted considerable attention, particularly where, as in the case of Xu Ming and Bo Xilai, it shades into bribery. The Economist, though, examines the...
View ArticlePhoto Video: Chinese Wedding Motorcades – Daqi
From Chinabbc.com: © Paulina Hartono for China Digital Times (CDT), get_post_time('Y'). | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: photos, videos, weddings Download Tools to Circumvent...
View ArticleBeijing Expects Weddings Rush as Olympics Open
It may sound superstitious, but many Chinese young couples want to tie the knot on a lucky day—the most auspicious one in 2008 happens to be Aug.8, the day Beijing Olympic Games opens. From AFP: The...
View ArticleVideo: Weddings on Wheels
Not every fashionable wedding demands a lavish banquet and a limousine, reports Shanghai Daily – and for the record number of Chinese couples expected to marry this year, that may be a relief: When Xu...
View ArticleWedding Photo Shoot in The Earthquake
A couple went to Pengzhou to take their wedding photographs, when the Sichuan earthquake hit the area. They survived the disaster. From ND Daily via www.xgana.com: © Kate Zhao for China Digital Times...
View ArticleBeijing’s ‘Happy Couples’ Launch Campaign for Same-Sex Marriages
The Guardian reports on a wedding pictures event by same-sex couples in Beijing: With her bouquet of roses and fluffy white dress, Han Xincheng looked the epitome of the glamorous modern Chinese bride....
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