"In America you should be killed by your husband with gun. This is real American way. You're so lucky to be in China!" That's allegedly what Li Yang, founder of Crazy English and self-styled evangelist of the English language, sent his wife, Kim Lee in a text message recently. more ›

2,000 couples from 54 countries take part in a mass wedding in Gapyeong, South Korea organised by the Unification Church (better known as the Moonies) and presided over by Sun Myung Moon who they believe to be the Messiah and Second Coming of Christ. more ›

The "Goddess of Virginity", a 38-year-old virgin single woman who created a website to get young people to abstain from sex before marriage, is now on the prowl for a man to call her own. Recently she appeared on (where else but) Sina Weibo, saying she not only wants a man with a stable job and income, but also wants a husband who can survive a 3-year trial without sex. more ›

Of the more than 500 couples who queued up last month on Valentine's Day at Beijing's Chaoyang district marriage registration centre on to get hitched, two couples were turned down by centre officials and walked away without marriage licenses. The two same-sex couples -- one male, and one female -- had shown up at the marriage office as part of a campaign by the Beijing LGBT Centre to drum up support for gay marriage in China. Online TV series Queer Comrades was there to catch the action. more ›

She's been cheated on by her husband, and she's been blamed by him for building an illegal basement under their pool, but Lisa Kuo is still standing by her man. The wife of Henry Tang, the candidate widely said to be backed by Beijing to be Hong Kong's next Chief Executive, has been all smiles lately, saying, "If I could choose again, I would still marry Henry Tang." [Captions by Youtuber languagelover7] more ›

A new infographic from the Shanghai Daily looks at the situation of China's 'leftover' women, a somewhat objectionable term that's gained traction to describe unmarried women in their late twenties and older. The data are the results of a poll that sought the opinions of nearly 2000 single women in Shanghai. more ›

Of the more than 500 couples who queued up on Tuesday at Beijing's Chaoyang district marriage registration centre on to get hitched on Valentine's Day, two couples were turned down by centre officials and walked away without marriage licenses. more ›

Sister Feng, the self-promoting literary genius, was recently spotted outside of Columbia University on Manhattan's Upper West Side (she previously demanded husbands who were Tsinghua or Peking university graduates), handing out fliers with her requirements for a husband written in English. And though we can't confirm if Sister Feng will definitely be starring in that Japanese porno, we can confirm that she is no longer interested in Asian men! more ›

Since Dr. Phil or Oprah don't really have much traction in China, mainland women instead have to turn to institutions like the Good Wife Happy School and the Beijing Moral Education Center for Women to prevent or fix a broken marriage. more ›

O, has it come to this? After apparently distributing 111,111 questionnaires in 111 cities across China in honor of the bestest Singles Day ever (11/11/2011), the specious-sounding Chinese Single People's Association determined the 11 Careers that Prospective Partners Shun the Most. more ›

Li Yang, the celebrity English teacher who is now better known around China as a shameless wife-beater, announced his decision to convert to Islam past midnight on November 6, which happens to be Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, celebrated by Muslims worldwide. more ›

Here's a problem we'll hear increasingly about in the future. Xinhua reports that 206 foreign women "illegally purchased by desperate bachelors" were rescued in Hebei province: more ›

Giving "gay marriage" a whole new meaning, a gay Beijing man was denied a divorce from his lesbian wife by a district court after their child planning scheme went awry. more ›

Behold, new frontiers are being crossed in the grand tradition of going native! A wedding took place yesterday between a 'high-nosed deep-eyed' Californian and a Kaifeng native in Kaifeng, Henan. The couple, who live and work in Shanghai, pulled out all the stops with a traditional Chinese wedding in the girl's hometown. more ›

Li Yang, the self-styled evangelist of the English language who's known around China for his high energy, high intensity Crazy English lessons, is in trouble. A woman, believed to be his American wife Kim Lee, has gone on Sina Weibo to accuse him of domestic violence, and she has the pictures to prove it. more ›

We were aware that Shanghai's ladies know how to enjoy themselves better than most, but a report from Women of China that analyzes 2010 census results confirms it: Shanghainese are putting off marriage at higher than expected ages, with the average age for marriage registrations standing at 29.77 years-old for women, and 32.45 years-old for men (though this state of affairs might be different if more costumed proposals took place). more ›

"Marriage in China has entered a phase of uncertainty," declares Chen Yijun, a marriage and family researcher with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in yesterday's People's Daily. "The traditional Chinese marriage model has broken down amid the rapid transformation of Chinese society." more ›

Ladies, why live such a tough life working so hard, running the rat race to improve your own social mobility when you can just find a billionaire and marry him? And that's exactly what one school in Beijing is offering to teach you -- for as low as US$46 an hour, you can learn how to win the heart of a rich man!
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The views expressed by Professor Peng Xiaohui (彭晓辉) of the Central China Normal University at a lecture last Tuesday entitled “Sex and Interpersonal Relationships" has fired up a maelstrom of debate, among students present at the lecture and online. more ›

It sure looks like guerilla tactics are becoming the favoured weapon of choice for gay activists around China (see here and here). Inspired by the Qianmen wedding that took place in Beijing in 2009, a gay couple and a lesbian couple recently hit the streets of Wuhan and got "married" for the world to see. more ›

"A couple who filed for divorce in Shunyi District People's Court in Beijing is trying to outbid each other to avoid getting custody of their 4-year-old son, Beijing Times reported on Wednesday. The couple were married in November 2000, and had a son seven years later. However, neither one, both ending their second marriage, wants custody. The wife said their relationship was not good, as her alcoholic husband often beat her. She said she can't take care of her son because she has no job or place to live. The husband said the boy was too young to be separated from his mother, and offered him a 300-yuan ($46) monthly allowance. The couple couldn't agree on who would take the child, and decided to bid over giving up custody rights. The one who outbids the other will be free from taking custody. The court will hold a hearing over the bidding." [China Daily] more ›

As is the way with unsubstantiated rumors, people are now coming out to (also anonymously) come to the defense of the maligned party. The Shanghainese Tiger Wife who hired thugs to beat up her cheating husband may not have had a cheating husband at all, according to something that popped into our tips box: more ›

The Western head of this (for now unnamed) international school’s Hongqiao branch was caught cheating on his Shanghainese wife with, surprise surprise, his (also Chinese) secretary. This school head and his wife have been married for a number of years, and have young children. The wife, who is well-connected, responded to her foreign husband’s infidelity by hiring a group of thugs to put him in the hospital (a “beat him up, but don’t kill him” type of thing). So now he’s indeed in the hospital, with a swollen, unrecognizable head. more ›

"If post-80s guys can't afford houses, then post-80s girls could perhaps marry 40-year-old men instead. Once the post-80s guys can afford houses, then marrying 20-year-old girls when they hit 40 is not a bad idea at all." more ›