How China's mail-order brides are taking back control
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The mail-order bride industry is booming \\u2013 but today\'s international dating doesn\'t look as it used to.
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\\nIt turns out that it\\u2019s not so much young and uneducated Chinese women looking to marry out of the country anymore, and more middle aged and financially well off divorcees, looking for something different.
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\\nThe mail order bride industry is changing as the women involved are becoming more empowered with their growing wealth \\u2013 and more demanding.
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\\nOn this episode, I speak to sociologist Monica Liu, whose new book, Seeking Western Men, is all about these changing dynamics of race, class, gender and, ultimately, power. She writes about the book in an article for Sixth Tone.
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\\nIt turns out that it\\u2019s not so much young and uneducated Chinese women looking to marry out of the country anymore, and more middle aged and financially well off divorcees, looking for something different.
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\\nThe mail order bride industry is changing as the women involved are becoming more empowered with their growing wealth \\u2013 and more demanding.
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\\nOn this episode, I speak to sociologist Monica Liu, whose new book, Seeking Western Men, is all about these changing dynamics of race, class, gender and, ultimately, power. She writes about the book in an article for Sixth Tone.