A Chinese woman who entered a fake marriage to help a gay couple obtain relocation compensation later took the family to court, demanding a share of their assets.

China’s marriage rate is in steep decline. There were 6.1 million marriage registrations nationwide in 2024, down from 7.7 million the previous year. This decline has prompted Chen Songxi, a Chinese ...

In recent years, marriage brokers have become increasingly active in pairing Bangladeshi women with Chinese men. A search for the term “Bangladeshi girls” (孟加拉女孩) on Chinese social media and ...

On Feb. 1, 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court officially adopted a series of new interpretations of the country’s marriage and family laws. Buried in Article 8 of the document was a line that could ...

The ever-growing list of government pro-natalist initiatives at local and national levels has so far failed to slow China’s demographic changes. For many men and women, marriage and child bearing ...

Guest Contributors Tahina Montoya is a defense and policy researcher at RAND, and Kelly Atkinson is a political scientist at RAND.

China's bachelor crisis meets Nepal's poverty in a trade that blurs the lines between arranged marriage and coercion Late one night in southern Nepal last month, whispers spread of an unusual wedding ...

Marriage rates in the United States have plummeted nearly 60 percent since 1970, hitting historic lows amid rising divorce risks and financial pitfalls. This decline isn't primarily a gender war but a ...

HONG KONG — Several Chinese trade unions have issued notices to companies to stop asking female job seekers about their marital and childbearing status, as women concerned about discrimination at work ...

At least 30 women in their 20s have been arrested in China since February for publishing gay-themed erotica. They have been charged with “producing and distributing obscene material.” Many of the ...