BEIJING (AP) — For many of today’s Chinese youth looking for a partner, love takes second place to parental pressure, moving up the social ladder and a heavy dose of fear drummed into women that they ...

(The Conversation) — In China, people celebrate Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14, but there are at least three holidays and cultural traditions centered on romantic love. A figure that ties together these ...

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Growing up in Mbale, Uganda, she never imagined that one day she would find love in China and settle there permanently. The saying that life is full of twists and turns truly defines the life of Rose ...

The man, who must be in his 70s, says he has money, even a pension and a house. The similarly-aged woman looks unimpressed. Across a phone connection they are sizing each other up. But the host senses ...

Ukrainian Karyna Kovalevska visits a museum in the ancient town of Pingyao in north China's Shanxi Province, Oct. 15, 2025. [Xinhua/Li Yuanhao] TAIYUAN, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — Hair styled up and dressed ...