Culture and Society Taiwan’s cross-border marriages: Discrimination via the discourse of love November 6, 2017 0 Written by Hong-zen Wang and Mei-hua Chen. In the old days, the purpose of marriage in traditional Han Chinese society was to establish a relationship between two…
Uncategorized Gender and Divorce in China October 9, 2017 0 Written by Jingjing Chen and Xiaoling Shu. Legal reforms and cultural shifts since the 1980s have gradually opened up the pathway toward divorce for the…
China Prospects for Same-sex Marriage in the PRC October 2, 2017 0 Written by Elaine Jeffreys and Pan Wang. Timothy Hildebrandt (2011) first raised the hypothetical question: ‘What might motivate the PRC government to recognise same-sex marriage?’…
Gender Bride Price in China September 21, 2017 0 Written by Quanbao Jiang. Surplus males have existed throughout China’s history due primarily to infanticide and polygyny. Even though these two phenomenons were eliminated after…
Uncategorized China’s Leftover Men September 20, 2017 0 Written by Dudley L. Poston Jr. Most societies have sex ratios at birth (SRBs), i.e., the number of male births per 100 female births, of…
Gender Marrying Out, Marrying Up, and Not Marrying September 18, 2017 0 Written by Cindy Fan. Patrilocal exogamy refers to the new wife leaving her natal family and moving to join the husband’s family. In short, Chinese…
China Pity China’s ‘bare branches’: unmarried men stuck between tradition and capitalism February 1, 2017 1 Written by Xuan Li. Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, is a highlight in Chinese society. But for many young people, the joy of…
China Trends in Courtship, Marriage and Sex in Southwest China June 27, 2016 0 Written by Gary Sigley. The People’s Republic of China is not only the world’s most populous country, but also one of its most ethnically and culturally diverse. The…
China Attitudes to sex and hook-up culture in China June 24, 2016 0 Written by Jue Ren. Kris Wu, a Chinese-Canadian pop star, was recently exposed by female fans who accused him of infidelity. Contrary to the scandal involving Hong Kong-Canadian…
China Parental Matchmaking and Middle-class families in Contemporary China June 23, 2016 0 Written by Jun Zhang. People’s Park is a central landmark in metropolitan Shanghai. But since June 2005, a corner of the park has also become…
