Marriage： A Haven in Life？

RECENT statistics show that in the first quarter of 2011,the divorce rate in China rose to 14.6 percent, continuing a seven-year trend.Although people who choose to end their marriage are still a minority,it is clear that people’s attitudes to marriage have changed dramatically over the last few decades.     

What Should Be the Minimum Age for Marriage?

正During the 2012 session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in March,a deputy named Huang Xihua submitted a proposal to lower the minimum legal age for marriage to 18.Currently the minimum legal age for marriage is 22 for males and 20 for females.Huang said the current marriage age threshold is the highest in Chinese history and is responsible for     

THIS WEEK

IT'S OFFICIAL A couple shows their marriage certificates at a marriage registration office in Wuhan,Hubei Province in central China,on April 7.Wuhan has gradually resumed the marriage registration service for citizens since April 3.Couples,to prevent cross-infection,should make a prior appointment and show their health status to enter the office.     

Drive Like a Girl

正How one tiny woman stands tall as a truck driver Zhang Lin,25,is from a village in the mountainous province of Yunnan,southwest China. She escaped from her first marriage,which she was forced into by her parents,due to domestic violence. Later on,she got married once again,this time for love; nevertheless,she had to leave this marriage,too,because her second husband could not accept her son from her first marriage.     

A Traditional Chinese Wedding

DAVID is a British man who came to work as a teacher in Beijing.There he met a girl called Miss Wang, and romance soon blos-somed between the two. They decided to get married, so they firstwent through the marriage registration procedures required by Chi-nese law. That was the easy part. When it came to the ceremonyitself, the young Briton found that he had much to learn about the Chinese way,as each detail of a traditional Chinese wedding symbolizes some cultural or philo-sophical elemen…     

The Marriage Law-The First Law Promulgated After the Founding of the People＇s Republic of China

WHEN reporter Li Zhongkui from the Nationality Pictorial went on an assignment in 1957 to Pingxiang City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, he happened to witness a young woman named Nong Lanying of the Zhuang ethnicity registering her marriage.     

Childbirth:One,Two,Three,or None

<正>Recognizing the multitude of factors affecting people’s birth decisions,the government has rolled out a slew of supportive policies and measures over the past years. RECENTLY,17 central authorities issued a guideline on support for childbirth and child care-proposing measures in 20 areas including taxation,housing,education,health care,insurance,and maternityleave.The goal is to provide full-process support,from marriage to child birth and rearing,by pooling the strengths of the governm...     

A Day of Love

A couple poses for a photo outside a marriage registry in Haidian District,Beijing,on February 22.The number"2"stands for couple and many Chinese chose to register for marriage on the day because of its special numeral"arrangement"—2022/2/22.It may add a zest of prosperity to newlywed life.     

Love Makes Their Life Worth——Story about Shao Junke＇s help for the handicapped

The handicapped, a special group in society, usually encounter many difficulties in employment, marriage, and daily life.Some difficulties are what they cannot conquer by themselves. It is also not easy for them to integrate into society. However, if there is a person who helps the hand- icapped find a job, build up confidence and make their life worth; if there is a person who helps them set up their families and incorporate in a harmonious community;     

Do Single People Harm Economic Growth?

<正>China’s population of single adults is estimated at 200 million.The proportion of adults who live by themselves had grown to 14 percent in 2013 from 6 percent in 1990.Since 2013,the rate of marriage in China has begun declining drastically.About 20 million people aged between 20 and 39 live alone.In a recent report from South China Morning Post,     

Should Same-Sex Marriage Be Legalized ?

Homosexuality has a long history in human civilization,and the population of gay people in China is not negligible. On January 30,a special wedding in Beijing provoked a firestorm of debate on the legalization of gay and lesbian marriage.The cause of all this controversy is that the couple who committed themselves to each other in a public wedding ceremony were two males. Official estimates released for the first time     

The Mosuo Matriarchy

Ifirst heard about the Mosuomatrilineal society some yearsago, and it has intrigued meever since. The Mosuo people, abranch of the Naxi ethnic minor-ity, live near Lugu Lake, on the bound-ary of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.Within Mosuo culture, marriage is un-conventional, by Chinese or any otherstandards, as women rule the roost inevery sense.It was in March this year that I finallytook a trip to Lugu Lake Town, deep inYunnan's woody mountains. I spent myfirst night at a Mosuo Family …     

Will a Subsidy Encourage More People to Marry?

Every gram of gold wil be subsidized by 3 yuan ($0.48), purchase of every car will get 500-yuan ($79.41) cash back and wedding photos now enjoy a discount of 5 percent. These discounts make up part of the marriage subsidy provided to newly married couples in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province. An organization affiliated with the China Association of Social Workers (CASW) recently announced that it plans to provide 95 milion yuan ($15 milion) in the form of cash incentives to newly married couples. Since last June, more than 1,000 couples have received this kind of subsidy for weddings.     

It Takes Two

正Didi and Uber declare a marriage of convenience They have been at loggerheads over fares for years,but now a white flag has been waved across the ride-hailing market in China.Didi Chuxing and Uber have finally agreed to bury the hatchet ending their costly fight for the largest on-demand transportation market in the world.Didi Chuxing,or Didi for short,is a home-     

Pay Attention to Vulnerable Groups & Safeguard Citizens'''' Marriage, Family Rights——On New Marriage Law

Marriage and family remain a universal and eternal subject of study. It covers law, ethics, sociology, psychology and even economics. Law and ethics play the most outstanding role in it. Family ethics and moral standards constitute an important part of social ethical system while marriage and family constitute part of the legal system nearest to the life of the common people. Since the founding of New China, the Party and the State have paid full attention to the marriage and family system. Compared with other laws, the law about marriage and family was the first to be legislated. On May 1, 1950, New China's first law, the 1950 version of Marriage Law, was promulgated. Commenting on the legal document, Chairman Mao Zedong had this to say: Marriage law concerns     

Longjing Shrimp （Longjing Xiaren）

A signature dish of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, Longjing Shrimp is a happy marriage between the young shoots of Longjing (Dragon Well) tea and tender shelled shrimps. Its invention is owed to the unexpected result of an emperor’s whim and a chef’s goof. The story is that after Qing Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799) had inspected a military parade in Hangzhou, he donned plain clothes and left his escorts behind to head to the scenic West Lake incognito. It was com-     

At the Root Lies Love

February 14 is Valentine's Day,a festival recognized the world over by lovers.Recent years have seen more and more young Chinese begin to celebrate this festival and more people begin to reassess their love and marriage through this romantic occasion.     

Women and Marriage in China

VARIOUS theories and practices concerning marriage abound in China, especially in its cities. They include diehard traditional views, and, on the part of younger people who have been influenced by Western ideas, a more "modern" outlook. There are healthy,…     

Will a Lower Legal Marriage Age Lead to a Higher Birth Rate?

Recently , some lawmakers have proposed that given China's aging population, the current legal age for marriage should be lowered from 22 for men and 20 for women to 18 for both. The proposal has triggered a heated discussion. In a survey by The Beijing News newspaper, 60 percent of respondents opposed it, with only 20 percent expressing their support Another survey by the People's D aily had a whopping 82.8 percent of the participants opposing it.     

Changing Chinese Attitudes to Marriage

Progress iS reflected in many aspectsof life,and in China,as anywhere,marriage is a main mirror of socialdevelopment.Contemporary conceptsof love and marriage are in completecontrast to those of ten,twenty and fiftyyears ago. Following are five personal accountsof love and marriage from generationsspanning sixty years.