Why Are the Chinese Not Getting Married?

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    00:00 How important is it to have a house in China?
    03:16 How can Chinese men afford a house?
    09:04 Why are Chinese people not having kids?
    12:53 Why are there more single women than men in China?
    16:12 Leftover women in China.
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  • @AsianBoss
    @AsianBoss  Місяць тому +29

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    • @L17_8
      @L17_8 Місяць тому +3

      God sent his son Jesus to die for our sins on the cross. This was the ultimate expression of God's love for us. Then God raised Jesus from the dead on the third day. Please repent and turn to Jesus and receive Salvation before it's too late. The end times written about in the Bible are already happening in the world. Jesus longs to be with you and he is waiting for you with open arms but time is running out. He gave up everything for you. Please repent and turn to Him before it's too late.

    • @tobyc8668
      @tobyc8668 Місяць тому

      @@L17_8
      For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (1 Timothy 6:10)

    • @AlbertoWesker-ut9ie
      @AlbertoWesker-ut9ie Місяць тому +1

      She looks completely Korean. are you sure she's Chinese.

    • @shadowone01x99
      @shadowone01x99 Місяць тому +4

      Thanks Asian Boss for doing this but such a topic should have been a panel discussion between several Chinese consisting of at least 3 to 4 men and 3 to 4 women.
      Such a panel could help show different POV on this issue.
      Please also do another panel on this with 4 married Chinese married "vs" 4 unmarried Chinese.
      Thanks again for this discussion.

    • @mcfishyfirst253
      @mcfishyfirst253 Місяць тому

      STOP EATING EVERYTHING THAT MOVES U #nazis

  • @bethanya99
    @bethanya99 Місяць тому +215

    I remember when I went to China in 2012 as a college student, and was talking to other men in a college in Wuhan they said they probably couldn't get married to their girlfriends for another 8-10 years at least. I was really surprised. One guy, who was so smart and handsome didn't think he could get married at all because he was from the countryside and his family didn't have any money. The conversation started because one of the guys in our group (we are Americans) was talking about how he was getting married in a couple months and they were looking for a cheap apartment to rent, and the guys were like, "Are you sure her parents are okay with that?!"

    • @GuidetteExpert
      @GuidetteExpert Місяць тому

      Western men are so disrespectful to other parents daughters. Women should have more self respect there and marry eastern respectful men in my opinion so these western men can learn how to be a real man.

    • @AbsoluteZero6714
      @AbsoluteZero6714 Місяць тому +18

      It’s the older generation that’s really the obstacle to this country making any sort of real progress. Until they die off like flies, as cruel as it sounds, this country has reached its peak for the foreseeable future and will only continue to go downhill from here onwards. Of course the West isn’t much better, when you have essentially a gerontocracy in the States. A big obstacle for a lot of Chinese men is the “bride price” (reverse dowry), where the man’s expected to give a sum of money to the woman’s family as “compensation” for the woman’s family raising their daughter. It’s totally wrong and unacceptable to me, but at the same time I wonder whether the reason it’s allowed to continue is because people (both men and women) let it continue and don’t push back against it.

    • @GuidetteExpert
      @GuidetteExpert Місяць тому +2

      @@AbsoluteZero6714 True, I cant tell you how many times I have complained for example in University's that are paid with our tax money to be more flexible by offering videos of the lectures that they can do and there are teachers that do that in some courses. For the purpose of people with disability's, working person or has family life, or person socially inferior and has to work to have the ability to study. By the way its in our laws that its not aloud to discriminate people with disability's nore other people that are socially inferior position due to having to work. It seems to work to sue them to actually see a change and go to the media and call these people out!

    • @AnastasiaYang-sl6lv
      @AnastasiaYang-sl6lv 29 днів тому +12

      @@AbsoluteZero6714As a modern Chinese girl, it is pity that the situation is an unsolvable issue at least in a decade. Our girls are willing to trust “true love”, there were many cases of “high quality girls” marrying “poor quality guys”, indeed. But they all turned to tragedies(at least I didn’t hear any exceptions), those girls who got married without any dowry or required for any material possessions were treated like babysitters by their husbands and parents-in-law… They looked down the girls and thought the girls were cheap which meant they would lose nothing if the girls left. That’s why our girls turn to require material things, it doesn’t mean we “want to” but we “have to”. Of course, it’s also true that there are many girls just want to marry rich guys.

    • @sleepyearth
      @sleepyearth 24 дні тому

      @@AbsoluteZero6714 sometimes that's not the case. They have to register household there to get their children to school. It's a hukou problem.

  • @samlai5411
    @samlai5411 Місяць тому +223

    I dated a girl in the mid 2010s whom had migrated from China. She has been here for over 5 years at the time we met. We only dated for 3 months. We were perfectly fine during our courtship, until she had "the chat" from her parents. Then one day, everything changed. The penny dropped. It wasn't about love anymore. The questions started. And as soon as she asked about my wage, it went downhill from there. I was 26 at the time. Driving a Toyota camry, having a full time job, I had just acquired some land and started laying the foundations. It was not enough for her parents. Her parents thought I should be driving a BMW by now, and have 3 properties under my name. She seemed torn and confused. I suppose it dawned on her that the money was more important. And that was that. I'm happily married now to a lovely woman. I drive that same Camry, live in the house I mentioned, still have a full time job, and building a side hustle. -Australia

    • @Shayanraj_15
      @Shayanraj_15 Місяць тому +42

      Good for you man. Whenever it's about money, love goes out of the window. A good women will stick with you through good and bad days, money or no money.

    • @johnnylu5454
      @johnnylu5454 Місяць тому +27

      Bro u really dodged a bullet trust me

    • @aznmarinex2
      @aznmarinex2 Місяць тому

      lmao need to have a good depreciating asset. thats how you stay poor haha

    • @samlai5411
      @samlai5411 Місяць тому +1

      @aznmarinex2 sorry, I don't understand what that is. I know what a depreciating asset is. But what is a "good" depreciating asset?

    • @sunsoza8320
      @sunsoza8320 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@samlai5411 im assuming the BMW is a good depreciating asset

  • @therearenoshortcuts9868
    @therearenoshortcuts9868 Місяць тому +348

    2024: "who can afford a house"
    2029: "who can afford food???" LOL

    • @tiffanyapril5458
      @tiffanyapril5458 Місяць тому +4

      They just banned lab-grown meat in some states already too

    • @gregvanpaassen
      @gregvanpaassen Місяць тому +10

      This is the century of consequences. That whooshing, flapping, rustling sound is the chickens coming home to roost.

    • @carkawalakhatulistiwa
      @carkawalakhatulistiwa Місяць тому +12

      The policy of socialism (small house for all) during the Soviet Union time , meant that 93% of the Russian🇷🇺 population owned houses and 7% rented houses. 40.000Homeless.
      Meanwhile in the United States🇺🇸.63% own a home. 33.5% live in rental homes.0.5% / 500,000 people live as homeless .

    • @Toliman.
      @Toliman. Місяць тому +4

      No, just wait 2 years. Once it becomes too hard to bring Rural Hukou ‘immigrants’ into the city to perform manual labour, when costs rise too high to pay day labourers, food transport and restaurants will die off.
      Delivery drivers are already getting 4 yuan to make a delivery, 12 hours of driving to make USD $50 a day, if you can afford to rent, eat, refuel and handle maintenance. When that population drops, they are going broke suddenly and quickly.
      Supermarkets are already dying in major cities in China because they rely on these temporary workers to exist. Some city populations are halved if you remove immigrant workers.

    • @yuno220
      @yuno220 Місяць тому

      ROFTL

  • @ttl5842
    @ttl5842 Місяць тому +222

    in China, without owning your house, your kids has no school to go. House is associate all the welfare system(your kids school, medical care, pension) in China, renting doesn`t count. That`s the key why house price can be fully controlled to get this pike.

    • @chimdinmaogbuagu3738
      @chimdinmaogbuagu3738 Місяць тому +26

      Thank you for this information, it has given more light to the situation

    • @zhiyuangao7212
      @zhiyuangao7212 Місяць тому +10

      You do have options of schools just compromised

    • @MK_ULTRA420
      @MK_ULTRA420 Місяць тому

      @@zhiyuangao7212 That's the greatest understatement of the 21st century so far. Thank you, I truly mean that.

    • @mingchen-bt8xi
      @mingchen-bt8xi Місяць тому +16

      Eh, no.
      In Shanghai, you rent an apartment and you got a job, you have the right to attend kindergarten, elementary school and middle school in your school district.
      As for high school, it has nothing to do with owning house, neither.
      You need to have a Shanghai hukou.

    • @gstlb
      @gstlb Місяць тому +11

      @@mingchen-bt8xiyes but that’s the problem, right? Getting a Shanghai hukou.

  • @blackbelt2000
    @blackbelt2000 Місяць тому +479

    marriage is based on material possession and finances more than any other country over there.

    • @levelazn
      @levelazn Місяць тому +57

      most divorce occur as an result of economic difficulty. So the wisdom is to have stability financially before you settle down

    • @kofivegas
      @kofivegas Місяць тому +39

      You mean everywhere

    • @Ghost-pb4ts
      @Ghost-pb4ts Місяць тому +20

      that apply to every developed and devloping country too

    • @Ghost-pb4ts
      @Ghost-pb4ts Місяць тому +15

      @@levelazn nope
      many many reason combined together
      compatibility issues might be the biggest reason
      cause rich people getting divorces straight up debunk your theory
      also low income people should be getting divorced in all part of the world

    • @fion3943
      @fion3943 Місяць тому

      When they are at the bottom rungs with low ethical and morality cultivated, maslow hierarchy applies.

  • @civilexplorer4720
    @civilexplorer4720 Місяць тому +21

    As an Indian, I would say this issue is global, and not only for Chinese. In India, we are having a same kind of situation like this girl said 😢

    • @andreakazyncski4518
      @andreakazyncski4518 Місяць тому

      Asians are conservative!!!

    • @user-lc4ud9mx3s
      @user-lc4ud9mx3s 21 день тому

      India doesn't have to worry. There are banana leaves and cow poop

    • @user-lc4ud9mx3s
      @user-lc4ud9mx3s 21 день тому

      India doesn't have to worry. There are banana leaves and cow poop

    • @debanikgoswami4834
      @debanikgoswami4834 10 днів тому +2

      Here a lot of guys are not getting married because they don't have a proper(govt) job . Absolute poverty is no longer a problem . But getting good jobs and getting well settled is a problem now .

    • @civilexplorer4720
      @civilexplorer4720 10 днів тому +2

      @@debanikgoswami4834 everyone is thinking about better and better... Greed of getting a luxury, beauty and certain standards effects the biological process of human being.

  • @sitikhadijah-co4fd
    @sitikhadijah-co4fd Місяць тому +237

    reason why young people have zero interest to marry
    - high cost living.
    - have lot commitment. Marriage is a big responsibility and many of them cannot carry this responsibility and duty.
    - find suiteable partner is really difficult.
    - marriage and children is expensive

    • @keimorgan5654
      @keimorgan5654 Місяць тому +4

      I agree with this list.

    • @fedupwithbs1782
      @fedupwithbs1782 Місяць тому +3

      Exactly same in korea

    • @stanleytandiono4857
      @stanleytandiono4857 Місяць тому

      Don't forget Japan as well​@@fedupwithbs1782

    • @turtlesoup8134
      @turtlesoup8134 Місяць тому +3

      How about because the failure in education and cultural rot? The young are thought to be selfish and irresponsible.

    • @nayadrama4167
      @nayadrama4167 Місяць тому +20

      @@turtlesoup8134 Selfish and irresponsable ? Responsable of what exactly ? Continuing the human specie ? We are 8 billion, no need for that...

  • @kenyup7936
    @kenyup7936 Місяць тому +246

    it's exactly same the answer why Chinese not getting married as Korean, because cost of living , life in China is really exhausted and kinda depressed , the quality of life will drastically declined if someone got married even have any children.

    • @specialk9999
      @specialk9999 Місяць тому +35

      Same reason with Japan too.

    • @ori5581
      @ori5581 Місяць тому +15

      Wow east asia will collapse..

    • @Iastmic
      @Iastmic Місяць тому +17

      That’s the same in Korea! All the homegrown East Asians that never grow up outside in a foreign country like the US follow this folktale traditions. If the guy don’t own their own home, car, and have a career and money then no honey lol

    • @charleslewis375
      @charleslewis375 Місяць тому +3

      But there are still many people getting busy entering marriage in China though the number has declined in recent years.

    • @turtlesoup8134
      @turtlesoup8134 Місяць тому +15

      No, quite different reason. Chinese wife has a lot of power in normal and middle class families. Chinese works no where near as much as koreans do nor as expensive as the koreans because the gov makes most things much cheaper in China such as medical cost, housing etc. When the house price is too high, the gov purposely deflate the bubble, when the education cost is too high, they ban most tutoring that is responsible for most of the extra education cost. Chinese don't even have to pay for property tax and many get grey income that they don't report to the gov. Life can get seriously depressing if you are in the midst of the most capitalist place like Shanghai or Shenzhen, but in most Chinese cities, life pace is not that fast, not as competitive, and many people has spare time to do whatever they like.

  • @zyx7478
    @zyx7478 Місяць тому +36

    I lived in China for many years and the financial stipulations that are tied to marriage are extremely toxic. Number one the boy has to produce a large sum of money, called a dowry to his girlfriend’s family, if they break up, she keeps the money. Another stipulation is that he hast to have a house, car, Stable job and everything in order to even be considered worthy. My wife and I got married at the time that we got married. I did not produce any of these things. Ironically we are still married with three children and doing extremely well. My point is what they are putting out there, as conditions for dating marriage are extremely unattainable in today’s society

    • @danischannel
      @danischannel 27 днів тому +2

      I find the concept of dowry really interesting . So in places like China and arab nations in the middle East the boy gives the dowry while in places like India ,Pakistan and Bangladesh the boy gets the dowry

    • @waiwai5233
      @waiwai5233 25 днів тому +1

      Its technically bride's price and not dowry.

    • @nikhilmudaliar2501
      @nikhilmudaliar2501 4 дні тому

      In india dowry is illegal....in fact it's one of the things women accuse husband's family of during divorce just to torture the husband's family​@@danischannel

  • @ladedalounge
    @ladedalounge Місяць тому +181

    no one really wants to get married more like a partner to help pay the bills

    • @polaris1985
      @polaris1985 Місяць тому

      I think porn has destroyed the worlds life style, why have a women who speaks all the time when you can have a sexdoll that never speaks.

    • @Dokuzu
      @Dokuzu Місяць тому +8

      Actually I have spent a lot on time to solve this issue and it seems that the main reason of this situation is… Chinese woman itself. Because basically, nowadays with an access to an internet Chinese men have an insight to women across any countries. Now with the point of reference an average Chinese man is aware that Chinese woman is much below the average in terms of: personality, appearance (face and women features - they are basically flat), fashion&music taste, breath quality and general body odours, manners, genes, knowledge&IQ levels, soul, talent, teeth, freedom and social awareness. It’s lowkey sad that this video didn’t include any of this point which leaves the problem unsolved.

    • @polaris1985
      @polaris1985 Місяць тому +16

      @@Dokuzu the same thing can be said of men, its actually a phenomena because of TV, after TV every man and women wants a partner like they see in the TV.
      In India women now even want the groom to dance in the weeding because that is what happens in bollywood movies and shows, when I said to my to be wife I can't dance she said then the weeding is off.

    • @Dokuzu
      @Dokuzu Місяць тому +3

      @@polaris1985 in comparison to Europe.. Chinese and Indian women are completely other category… to say the least

    • @bunnystrasse
      @bunnystrasse Місяць тому +2

      @@Dokuzuugly?😂

  • @shadowone01x99
    @shadowone01x99 Місяць тому +112

    Thanks Asian Boss for doing this but such a topic should have been a panel discussion between several Chinese consisting of at least 3 to 4 men and 3 to 4 women.
    Such a panel could help show different POV on this issue.
    Please also do another panel on this with 4 married Chinese married "vs" 4 unmarried Chinese.
    Thanks again for this discussion.

    • @user-vp1xr5yh6k
      @user-vp1xr5yh6k Місяць тому +8

      yes,collisions requiring different perspectives

    • @chimdinmaogbuagu3738
      @chimdinmaogbuagu3738 Місяць тому +3

      Yes,I totally agree

    • @BBshark000
      @BBshark000 Місяць тому +4

      Sure, but like virtually any other topic, no one is going to engage in the discussion in good faith when they have a vested interest in it.
      So what you have is men arguing that men are worse off because of the materliasm, and women arguing that this is men's responsibility and that men ought to provide.

    • @ShaowenJu
      @ShaowenJu Місяць тому +5

      Absolutely agree. This is interesting but I'm skeptical of how representative it is of the whole population

    • @ettcha
      @ettcha Місяць тому +3

      Saw a compilation of 'high value' Chinese women 30 to 35. They had the looks, the degrees, the careers, the actual BMW's, an investment property or two and every attempt at starting a relationship with a similar status guy ends with 'too old' or 'not serious'. It's just the rural farmer guys that really go for it. It's not representative, but it does paint a grim picture.

  • @pandecocojam
    @pandecocojam Місяць тому +21

    This is so informative and I like the conversation style. It bridges current experience with perceptions of non Chinese.

    • @kiotseaetonlancaster4267
      @kiotseaetonlancaster4267 21 день тому

      I'd recommend some caution in stereotype-based generalizations, which this video's perceptions certainly are. Even more so as this video presents a very narrow stereotype. Stereotypes are a nice, convenient way to understand the world, but generally inaccurate when it comes down to individuals. As you would probably experience around Chinese people who have rigid stereotypes of Americans.

  • @b_tang
    @b_tang Місяць тому +16

    Asking great questions. Excellent interview

  • @larkspurz
    @larkspurz Місяць тому +79

    It's surprising and sad because life was more miserable 200 years ago and yet people married and have a family. The real reason isn't what everyone thinks it is. The real reason is because modern life is incompatible with marriage and children. The real reason is because people no longer value having a family or see family as a means of survival.
    Another reason that is deeply unpopular and cannot be said in the mainstream is because life is getting better, people are becoming more educated, and human rights are improving. Places where there are war, zero education, and low human rights are where birth rates are high. It's a fact.

    • @Ghost-pb4ts
      @Ghost-pb4ts Місяць тому +16

      nope
      i disaggree with you on every point
      you're saying people don't wanna love and be loved
      no amount of platonic love can replace romantic love
      no alternate of husband wife and children relationship exist in world
      life is getting better - for whom?
      problem is money and free time
      give ppl that
      you will see abundance in marriage and baby boom

    • @Ghost-pb4ts
      @Ghost-pb4ts Місяць тому

      watch scott gallaway recent ted talks
      people used to have 2-3 kids at 26
      lovely spouse their own house
      their own car
      and people were so happy
      our generation is efcked to the core
      living pay check to paycheck
      capitalism has brainwashed that money is very thing

    • @roren4762
      @roren4762 Місяць тому +12

      ​@@Ghost-pb4ts People have more free time and expendable money than ever, at least in the West. The original comment, in regards to the West and western influenced countries, is absolutely correct.

    • @Ghost-pb4ts
      @Ghost-pb4ts Місяць тому

      @@roren4762 Scott Galloway: How the US is destroying young people's future
      Ted talks
      he quote data unlike TRUST ME BRO
      i can quote you so much data source reference
      that UA-cam will delete my comment on detecting it as spam
      Education
      Travel
      Housing
      Inflation
      marriage ceremony
      Food
      Health
      Will blow your expandable money out of the water
      and regarding free time
      i think you guys don't have real jobs

    • @Ghost-pb4ts
      @Ghost-pb4ts Місяць тому

      @@roren4762 scott gelaway ted talks

  • @marygreer4036
    @marygreer4036 Місяць тому +164

    Having done tarot readings for quite a few Chinese women, mostly in Beijing, one thing I don’t hear in this program is the pressure on women after marriage to do everything! They are expected to work, have children and be responsible for the raising and schooling of them, do the cooking and housework, make sure the husband is king, look beautiful so he won’t stray, take care of both their parents and their in-laws and the death duties of both. The husband is supposed to work, go to office drinking parties, have parents who will provide a home, and do the death duties for only his own parents. What does the wife get out of all this? She’ll be more successful in her career if she is not married and can have nice things and a social life with friends. Loneliness may be the highest price - maybe.

    • @bakkwa8705
      @bakkwa8705 Місяць тому +37

      At the end of it all , she’ll most likely be dumped for a trophy wife when her husband prospers with her years of faithful support 😂

    • @Asrajzz64
      @Asrajzz64 Місяць тому +6

      Give me a tarot for when the sky starts crying, thanks.

    • @yibinhe9353
      @yibinhe9353 Місяць тому

      your information is out of date now, girls are more like queens after getting married, I mean the current generations, which is the problem of fewer people getting married. education and tiktok ruin the decency of a woman being a woman or being a decent individual

    • @zhiyuangao7212
      @zhiyuangao7212 Місяць тому +6

      No hell no we don’t live like 19th century Chinese 😳 I don’t know what you are reading but most educated Chinese aren’t misogynistic chauvinists like that

    • @carkawalakhatulistiwa
      @carkawalakhatulistiwa Місяць тому

      The policy of socialism (small house for all) during the Soviet Union time , meant that 93% of the Russian🇷🇺 population owned houses and 7% rented houses. 40.000Homeless.
      Meanwhile in the United States🇺🇸.63% own a home. 33.5% live in rental homes.0.5% / 500,000 people live as homeless .

  • @TRI-xe3xw
    @TRI-xe3xw Місяць тому +39

    tbh, I think the house price is really the center of Not Getting Married. it's not only happend in China, I'm Chinese, living in Sydney, so many friends are facing this issue here. Local white couple, koeran and chinsese couple, etc.
    Some ppl blame on gov, soem blame on immigrantion. But overall, Housing prices are indeed a bubble, but they are directly proportional to the local economy. You want more income, but in areas with more income, housing prices are unaffordable. This is a endless circle. n the later stages of the development of capitalism, there will gradually be a tendency to make it impossible to afford a house. What’s even more frightening is that things you think you can buy easily now may be sky-high in a few decades.
    Some ppl alredy know this fact, so they refuse to have a baby.

    • @carkawalakhatulistiwa
      @carkawalakhatulistiwa Місяць тому

      The policy of socialism (small house for all) during the Soviet Union time , meant that 93% of the Russian🇷🇺 population owned houses and 7% rented houses. 40.000Homeless.
      Meanwhile in the United States🇺🇸.63% own a home. 33.5% live in rental homes.0.5% / 500,000 people live as homeless .

    • @TRI-xe3xw
      @TRI-xe3xw Місяць тому

      I am not try to judge any politics, it's just the real life happend now....sadly. For 2 bedroom, ppl pay at least 900,000aud in Sydney, same in Beijing and Shanghai(maybe more). Compared to getting married and having children, young people will of course choose to be kinder to themselves

    • @gauravdube8133
      @gauravdube8133 Місяць тому

      You gave all reasons, except for the main reason. Where is women empowerment? How can women contribute nothing in this world of gender equality? Why only men should bear the burden? Make these women contribute their share, in buying houses, in nurturing children, in daily expenses. Both should do jobs to achieve this. Then you will see a solution. Women's greed is the main problem here.

    • @vincentc7920
      @vincentc7920 27 днів тому

      That is what communism is supposed to work. Everyone goes to work and government took the pay and redistribute so everyone gets a place to live etc. but people still prefer capitalism as communism won't work long term. But the drawback of capitalism is poor getting poor and rich getting richer.

    • @TRI-xe3xw
      @TRI-xe3xw 27 днів тому +1

      ​@@vincentc7920 the probelem is that those who are in charge of resource allocation will eventually become the privilege, no matter it is capitalism or socialism.
      there must be a new political system or enconmic system to replace them, In china, there are actually no room for communism now lol, it is capitalism for sure.
      Maybe there will be new doctrines after the war, maybe hundreds of years later, but in this era we live in, the problem of resource allocation is probably difficult to solve. After all, people need motivation to survive.

  • @kheenguankoh9483
    @kheenguankoh9483 Місяць тому +142

    no money, no honey.

    • @user-vf7cn3oy8g
      @user-vf7cn3oy8g Місяць тому

      是的。没钱就无法找到对象。

    • @cooliipie
      @cooliipie Місяць тому +1

      False. Women are easy when you know how to play

    • @natashadickson4819
      @natashadickson4819 Місяць тому +12

      ​@@cooliipieThose men are not looking for easy women.

    • @TheShowOff2I
      @TheShowOff2I Місяць тому +3

      @@natashadickson4819
      All women are easy for the right man

    • @TheShowOff2I
      @TheShowOff2I Місяць тому +1

      No Honey, No marriage

  • @xiaozozo
    @xiaozozo Місяць тому +12

    this is a great and honest explanation of the phenomenon, really appreciate the guest

  • @paladdin1500
    @paladdin1500 Місяць тому +31

    Getting married and having a kid is about love and sacrifice. Maybe it is not a good idea to do it if it’s about finances 😂

    • @natashadickson4819
      @natashadickson4819 Місяць тому +5

      Plan your financial stability before marriage and children.

    • @SheelaghBouvier
      @SheelaghBouvier Місяць тому +13

      Historically, marriage is about finance and security. Love marriages are fairly recent and is mostly a Western concept

    • @kiotseaetonlancaster4267
      @kiotseaetonlancaster4267 21 день тому

      idyllic, and I hope you find someone who doesn't care if you have a penny or a billion. As for myself, I'm not very interested in self-sacrificing lol 🤨

  • @SamianHQuazi
    @SamianHQuazi Місяць тому +70

    I really want to know, how much of it is a feeling among twentysomethings and thirtysomethings that "my upbringing was so miserable and insecure, I don't want to pass that pain on to a future generation".

    • @cz2301
      @cz2301 Місяць тому +11

      Im 51, Westerner, and i think this way

    • @AvoidTheCadaver
      @AvoidTheCadaver Місяць тому +4

      ​@@cz2301it's been reported that objectively humans are the wealthiest they have ever been in the current generation. Especially in the west, now is the best time to be alive.
      But subjectively people are more depressed than ever

    • @Cafeston
      @Cafeston Місяць тому

      If the twenty and thirtysomethings upbringing was miserable, what does it make of the sixtysomethings? Their generation went from zero post-Mao to literal millionaires, building the family wealth that the younger gens now benefit from. Miserable twentiesomethings? Hardly.

    • @fs5775
      @fs5775 Місяць тому

      @@cz2301 haha yeah right, I can tell by your English 🤣🤣

    • @dennisking4233
      @dennisking4233 Місяць тому

      I am.

  • @Toliman.
    @Toliman. Місяць тому +11

    Less than 1000 “eligible” bachelors exist in China out of 1.4 billion people. The wealth needed to buy an apartment or home at 20-25, while the average income is well below 50-80k yuan (under $10k USD) a year. You need to be a criminal or work for one. It’s a 40 year mortgage for a home that you don’t own. Think about that.
    City Hukou is the main factor for the house negotiation.
    There are “no single mothers” in China, because children can’t be registered to a single, unmarried woman. So the numbers are heavily skewed. Single mothers can’t access government services unless they have a husband, or a family member who is registered as the parent. So a lot of these unwed mothers register their children as “cousins” or “sisters” of their parents, neighbours or family members. Or they adopt their own children from an orphanage to get around the legal status problems of being unwed.
    The idea that women are greedy ? Absolutely. It’s their lifeline if a boyfriend gets them pregnant because the children cannot be registered to an unmarried couple. The population control system of the Household Register is a massive Caste/Tier issue that creates a lot of greed and corruption. It’s fair to say that every crime in China, is partially due to the Hukou being in place. It doesn’t create crime, it’s just another factor to divide people and generate false prestige.
    Pregnancy is a major factor for the Chinese to actually address, as the elderly population is above replacement rates. It also means the health care of these elderly is more expensive, as there is no retirement age or pension system that is scaled/indexed. The children are supposed to keep their parents and grandparents healthy, not health insurance or government.
    Having a house in a City, and the Husband has a City Hukou, guarantees your children will have insurance, access to schools, access to medical care, etc. And it also guarantees your children can get married in the future as well.
    Add to this, women want prestige and that’s going to University/College for 4 to 8 years during their “prime marriage years” of 20-24. After 30-35, these working women are considered “middle aged” or leftover. Same with men who go into work for 10 years or the military. They become leftover men. Employment and loans become harder to obtain.
    Families step in to marry their children, under Hukou, are being gamed to want the 0.01% of society, and it isn’t very practical, because the men who can afford a house/apartment in a City area, need to be exceptionally wealthy due to family, and these boys become playboys, chased by models and gold diggers.
    There isn’t a form of “settling” in the big cities. The affordability of city homes makes it impossible to have a stable population.

  • @JT-yj3tr
    @JT-yj3tr Місяць тому +53

    My parents were married through a matchmaker in the 60s in Hong Kong. And according to my mom, before she met my dad, he was first introduced to another girl, but that girl’s parents told him he had to buy a house for them (not for her, but for the parents) before marrying their daughter.

    • @AbsoluteZero6714
      @AbsoluteZero6714 Місяць тому +1

      And that kind of entitlement typical of many Asian in-laws, yet they wonder why their kids don’t want to get married?

    • @ArmyWolves
      @ArmyWolves 22 дні тому

      I can understand the dowry and maybe having a house for them... But for the parents.
      Even YOUR own parents expecting you to build a house for them who be entitled to an extent but at least they raised you and took care of you in most cases but for a complete stranger like they are selling their daughter. And they won't refund you if she cheats, gets bored, let's herself go physically, denies her man intimacy. . . 🧐🧐🧐🧐

  • @gstlb
    @gstlb Місяць тому +2

    This was a wonderful discussion!

  • @ladybug3380
    @ladybug3380 Місяць тому +135

    If a man can’t afford to support his family then it’s going to be stressful on him, his wife and children because they will struggle in society. Who wants to be poor?

    • @carkawalakhatulistiwa
      @carkawalakhatulistiwa Місяць тому +5

      The policy of socialism (small house for all) during the Soviet Union time , meant that 93% of the Russian🇷🇺 population owned houses and 7% rented houses. 40.000Homeless.
      Meanwhile in the United States🇺🇸.63% own a home. 33.5% live in rental homes.0.5% / 500,000 people live as homeless .

    • @gauravdube8133
      @gauravdube8133 Місяць тому

      What is the woman going to bring to the table, especially in the present world of women empowerment, gender equality? If only man provides, then women empowerment is useless, isn't it? Give up on that first, how about that!

    • @NeostormXLMAX
      @NeostormXLMAX Місяць тому

      If africans can have 12 children with 2 dollars a month then you can too

    • @adurpandya2742
      @adurpandya2742 Місяць тому

      @@carkawalakhatulistiwaOkay, China has enough housing for twice its population. Still means nothing. China has to pay other countries for fuel, good, fertilizer, and raw materials. Without that, 90% of those houses become worthless to even live in because they’re in economically worthless areas. Soviet Union had plenty of natural resources, China doesn’t.

    • @ericp1139
      @ericp1139 Місяць тому +2

      @@carkawalakhatulistiwafunny how the host scoffs at the sustainability of free housing for all, but thinks $1 million shacks are normal.

  • @benjaminkzk
    @benjaminkzk Місяць тому +21

    need betrothal money to give to bride's family (depending on the place), need house (ideally fully paid), need savings (certain amount depending on the place), need car, need a good paying job earning a minimum requirement, need certain height etc among the many other requirements.
    Recently read somewhere that in Hanzhou they hosted a match making event where no males turned up and only females.

    • @muthou
      @muthou Місяць тому

      Exactly.

    • @kiotseaetonlancaster4267
      @kiotseaetonlancaster4267 21 день тому

      Sounds like some of the minimum criteria I would look for myself, except the betrothal part (there is no such tradition here in America), because I meet those requirements myself and plan to maintain the same style of living after marriage.

  • @Scott-if3ce
    @Scott-if3ce Місяць тому +57

    My junior in my lab is from China. He said he wants to marry his girlfriend but he feels like he's not good enough yet because her family is a bit rich. Which is why he went abroad to study in my lab to get a master's degree and get work experience. So that when he goes back he can use the work experience and degree to work for a good company in China, and then propose to his girlfriend.

    • @Peppa-tf1ms
      @Peppa-tf1ms Місяць тому +12

      There is a possibility that his girlfriend can’t wait that much long😢😢😂😂

    • @Scott-if3ce
      @Scott-if3ce Місяць тому +1

      @@Peppa-tf1ms Hmm not sure, he says his gf wants to call him like every other day. And come visit soon. Maybe she'll go crazy idk

    • @ArmyWolves
      @ArmyWolves 22 дні тому

      His girlfriend will be 35 by the time he gets his degree, a good job and salary and then owns a house, car and enough savings for dowry and honeymoon . . . Unless he has some sort of side hustle to increase his earnings

    • @Scott-if3ce
      @Scott-if3ce 22 дні тому

      @@ArmyWolves I'm not sure what his exact financial situation is but him and his girlfriend are in their early 20s (he's 22ish) so I think he can pull it off by his late 20s if he lands a decent job

    • @naomihu9399
      @naomihu9399 19 днів тому

      This is such a typical Chinese thing that people make their lives miserable for BS. As a Chinese myself I can never relate. The first 18 years of my life when I was in China I’ve always felt like an alien😂 I’m so glad my parents never seen marriage in a Chinese way probably because they’ve spent years in different countries around the world. I used to almost marry a Spanish guy (we were engaged but didn’t happen eventually cuz I was too young and realized I wasn’t ready for marriage, now he’s happily married with my best wishes to him). Before the engagement, I’ve never asked about his or his family’s financials (I knew they’re middle class and that’s it), and my parents never talked about the dowry. They just told me as long as we really love each other & we’re sure about the marriage, they’ve prepared a large sum of money & some nice jewelry pieces which they will give us both as our marriage gift… 😢omg till now I’m so grateful.

  • @raysabor3413
    @raysabor3413 17 днів тому

    I like your explanation, clear easy to understand, and informative, Great Thank You.

  • @gewglesux
    @gewglesux Місяць тому +18

    I dont think anyone is getting married anymore.. I know i'm not.

    • @benweilu4839
      @benweilu4839 Місяць тому +2

      im just too broke to get marry

    • @gewglesux
      @gewglesux Місяць тому

      @@benweilu4839 it'll only get worse if you do. count your blessings. i'm not against marriage - just against it for me.

  • @edkr
    @edkr Місяць тому +12

    "If you're a regular guy, then you're screwed" - Stephen 15:25, Asian Boss.

  • @nataliegrn17
    @nataliegrn17 Місяць тому +6

    Thanks!

  • @keimorgan5654
    @keimorgan5654 Місяць тому +4

    This was very interesting.

  • @carkawalakhatulistiwa
    @carkawalakhatulistiwa Місяць тому +9

    The policy of socialism (small house for all) during the Soviet Union time , meant that 93% of the Russian🇷🇺 population owned houses and 7% rented houses. 40.000Homeless.
    Meanwhile in the United States🇺🇸.63% own a home. 33.5% live in rental homes.0.5% / 500,000 people live as homeless .

    • @mrxiong2567
      @mrxiong2567 Місяць тому +3

      How's that working out lately?

    • @Toliman.
      @Toliman. Місяць тому +3

      Keep in mind, socialist countries had no imperative to honor or be accountable to inaccuracies. They all understood that they were being lied to, because the implication was… it was worse outside. Their survival required this lie.
      Housing being a need, is not feasible in the long term. It means that the population has to decline rapidly. It requires thousands of people to go bankrupt or sell property on a monthly basis. Over 1% of the population has to sell or move house every year to make home affordability without renting work. There is no way to achieve this without modifying economic conditions enormously, or create artificial conditions for growth.
      Putting every citizen in a home is deeply flawed. It makes sense… until you need to generate an economy in the population. Because owning the house isn’t the end, it’s the beginning of a series of ongoing costs and taxes.
      It wasn’t. It was far worse if you knew, because that knowledge was not tolerated, understood or could be used. The entire system of socialism only works if you murder vast numbers of people who are unwilling to behave.
      They regularly lied about their own results and used the work product of others to hide problems and faults. Crime was rampant, but it wasn’t reported or recorded. Serial killers regularly killed thousands of people a year without consequence, luring people away with work and offers of compensation. Police were often making money by selling stolen goods.
      Even the Chinese don’t believe in their own statistics. Why would they. It doesn’t affect their own problems.
      You also have to remember, peasants lived in squatter cities, built so that everyone could hear their neighbours talking. You would know when people had food to eat, what time they had a shower, etc. The modern cubicle office has more privacy and security than a Soviet era home.

    • @honkhonkovich1998
      @honkhonkovich1998 Місяць тому

      The Soviet Union ended its existence with "Bush's chicken legs" (the name of the humanitarian aid that was delivered to the new Russia)

    • @kiotseaetonlancaster4267
      @kiotseaetonlancaster4267 21 день тому

      wait, I didn't quite get the argument... you vouch for the small house for all idea? Honestly, that sounds nice, unless you work smarter and harder, but are required to give up the fruits of your labor. I'd be pretty unmotivated under such a system.

  • @teenytinyT
    @teenytinyT Місяць тому +30

    The man providing the house is more deeply rooted in this culture than mentioned in the video. Since historical times women marry into the family and the man is expected to provide for the family. Also, China doesnt have alimony in divorce so I guess this is the only way that women who are cheated on can feel secure to provide for herself and especially any children if they get divorced in the future

    • @seqing1097
      @seqing1097 Місяць тому

      Alimony doesn't work that way. It is not male providing to female. It works the way that high income provides to low income. And China does have alimony. The cheating side should provide a one time lump sum amount. And Chinese law protects women way too much and usually women cheating doesn't bear any consequence and also a lot of times men realized their children aren't their biological children years years after the children grow up and they still need to pay the child support and the women doesn't bear any fault by punishment from the law.

    • @weiwei7109
      @weiwei7109 Місяць тому

      当然有离婚抚养费,怕离婚跟养孩子根本没关系

    • @waiwai5233
      @waiwai5233 25 днів тому +1

      May not have alimony but property settlements still happens.

    • @carlrogers1412
      @carlrogers1412 24 дні тому

      How about her getting a job, working 50h per week in menial, tedious, physical, exhausting, back crushing job till she's 70 years old?
      Why not?
      She's strong, brave and independent! Go girl, you can do it, and pay voluntary alimony to her ex-husband! You, go girl!

    • @chriscuomo9334
      @chriscuomo9334 19 днів тому

      Men with money in china are expected to cheat on their wives

  • @wihukeon
    @wihukeon Місяць тому +9

    Actually she's already mentioned about why even though there's more dudes alot more of more married than her female friends.
    It's simple women typically don't date down but guys will do it.

  • @PatriciaXX
    @PatriciaXX 15 днів тому +1

    I like how open and direct she is! Pretty fast answering and that’s cool
    marriage is quite about money isn’t it and not just in China

  • @fatyak4122
    @fatyak4122 Місяць тому +8

    I'm surprised she didn't mention the hukou problem. In short, if the couple doesn't have a house they cannot send their children to public school. So they have to pay for expensive private one, bribe someone to register they children or send them far away to their grandparents or relatives.

  • @tobyli52
    @tobyli52 Місяць тому +6

    To be honest, she is speaking from Shanghainese perspective. The same situation exists in New York, London.
    Outside of Shanghai and the other tier 1 cities housing is not hard

    • @lifeschtyle
      @lifeschtyle Місяць тому +1

      No one expects you to have a house in NYC bro, I bet half the married couples have roommates 😂

  • @gunawantop
    @gunawantop Місяць тому +37

    Any place in the world where 1 year mid level office salary won’t buy you a car and 10 years worth of salary won’t buy you a house is a very hard place to live in.

    • @Meow3431
      @Meow3431 Місяць тому +6

      isn't that like every country? 😅

    • @gunawantop
      @gunawantop Місяць тому +1

      Not the amount of money that can be saved a month, for example $3000 salary a month so x12 equals $36000

    • @MK_ULTRA420
      @MK_ULTRA420 Місяць тому +1

      @@Meow3431 Dude no, in America that's very doable on a mid level office salary of $45k a year. It won't buy you a house depending on the area but it would at least get you enough for a 1st time house mortgage within 5 years.

    • @blyourwaytolife9935
      @blyourwaytolife9935 Місяць тому +1

      Lol what kind of dreamy state do you live in ?
      I live with roommates, make close to the amount, and have absolutely no savings.
      ​@MK_ULTRA420

    • @DewTime
      @DewTime 28 днів тому

      $45K is low wage, not mid level. Mid level is bare minimum $100K

  • @christodoulosg964
    @christodoulosg964 Місяць тому +8

    Love from greece!!in greece if you have an apartment you must pay a lot of money to the government every year,so even if you own the house it is not really yours because you pay every year money to the government,if you cannot afford to pay it then after a few years the government will take your house!!the interest rate for taking a loan is off the roof and the basic salary is 700€-800€ while renting a small apartment one bedroom is usually 350-450 euros.shopping at the supermarket is like going at the jewelry shop!!owning and maintaining a car is very expensive because of the price of gasoline and the money that you have to pay to the government every year for having a car,even a minister said that rich people shoul own a car,all those years that everyone had a car was wrong...that is why young people in greece don't want to get married and have children,they can't afford it and most people migrate to other counties.

    • @tritruong-pj7dg
      @tritruong-pj7dg Місяць тому

      in VietNam, if you have 1kUSD salary, you might should pay about 250-300for renting

  • @zanetusken
    @zanetusken Місяць тому +4

    I lived in China for 5 years 2005-2010. First question people asked me - Where are you from? 2nd - How much do you make?.. rarely asked my name

  • @JJ-rp2df
    @JJ-rp2df Місяць тому +37

    Educated women can now earn to buy their own house

    • @danielgareth4205
      @danielgareth4205 Місяць тому +10

      That's a great thing. We need more equality and chances for everone. However, it's also time to keep women more accountable financially

    • @TheShowOff2I
      @TheShowOff2I Місяць тому +1

      They can’t get the marriage from the guys that are her Top picks

    • @manifest2203
      @manifest2203 Місяць тому

      @@TheShowOff2Iyes this is common knowledge. Guys who are rich marry rich w4m4n. But they are the m4st d4srirable m4n.

    • @mrpotatorocks
      @mrpotatorocks 28 днів тому

      Yes but woman don't like to provide for most part so woman with money and houses are pointless plus most are financially irresponsible and waste money they can't help it, they can only provide for them selves Cas of modern times with cushy high education jobs yet they are still broke so who cares

    • @selohcin
      @selohcin 22 дні тому

      @@danielgareth4205 It's not a great thing. It's destroying society.

  • @ceeIoc
    @ceeIoc Місяць тому +72

    I feel like people have become so self centered. Love is gone and people just want instant gratification. Me me me.

    • @tobyc8668
      @tobyc8668 Місяць тому +3

      This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (2 Timothy 3:1-5)

    • @bobbyeditz765
      @bobbyeditz765 Місяць тому +6

      Yes. Totally agree with you. Especially women these days. You have to agree that "A man will leave his happiness for his family but a woman will leave her family for her happiness"

    • @fion3943
      @fion3943 Місяць тому +13

      @@LebenDeutschland161 Bro stop being one-sided. Both sexes go for theirs and above their leagues.

    • @yuranival
      @yuranival Місяць тому +4

      based on this interview in this particular case i do not think it's out of narcissism or young ppl being self-centered. It may seem like that compared to socialist times decades ago, but right now things have changed. i see it more as putting your own oxygen mask first before partnering with someone. people move cities and countries and look for ways to a better life (including marrying a richer person) because life costs have risen immensely compared to income. it's a mechanism of survival, it seems, and China is not an exception in this trend, sadly. Thank you, Asian Boss.

    • @AnNguyen-oj1xd
      @AnNguyen-oj1xd Місяць тому

      @@LebenDeutschland161yes, a fat cat cases recently

  • @rogeliagilman9243
    @rogeliagilman9243 28 днів тому

    Very interesting conversation ❤

  • @kennyliu9589
    @kennyliu9589 9 днів тому +1

    The fact that I'm gay and I don't have these kind of struggle while my twin brother....
    He's working in a top company as a director in shanghai, and he struggled no less.

  • @user-wm9qi3tk9i
    @user-wm9qi3tk9i Місяць тому +7

    in some place , girls family would ask for a huge amount of bride price as well , around 50k USD plus a decent house in the city as she mentioned . Basically its impossible for a lower class family to afford all these cost to get their son married . Even if they could , think about the cost of raising a child nowday , its just insane . Why would a man chose to get into a misable marrige if he could enjoy his life with all these money .

    • @PaulVonLoren
      @PaulVonLoren Місяць тому

      Refuse it and marry her.

    • @kiotseaetonlancaster4267
      @kiotseaetonlancaster4267 21 день тому

      vice versa. Chinese women who have a decent livelihood may not want to become family servants/housewives and are pickier with men

  • @nikunjzaveri8302
    @nikunjzaveri8302 Місяць тому +6

    India, china, Korea all have so much similar tradition when it comes to marriage system. and the problems related to marriages are also the same.

  • @davidsusanto8501
    @davidsusanto8501 Місяць тому +39

    Its hard to be a man in this generation

    • @user-sq2ux7zg2c
      @user-sq2ux7zg2c Місяць тому +2

      How

    • @jw841
      @jw841 Місяць тому +19

      It only gets hard if your married or trying to get married. If you exclude women from your life then life becomes very simple and drama free.

    • @ftu2021
      @ftu2021 Місяць тому

      for asians

    • @SheelaghBouvier
      @SheelaghBouvier Місяць тому +7

      Millions of female foetuses were aborted in China, as people favored boys. This society is highly patriarchal too and negatively impacts both men and women especially if poor/low status

    • @anadd6195
      @anadd6195 Місяць тому

      It was harder before, in Ancient China.

  • @sayako8052
    @sayako8052 Місяць тому +7

    The core of this issue is the deeply rooted mistrust between the two. And Chinese females are automatically treated themselves as the weak in the marriage, there is almostalways the need to keep themselves somehow protected, in case if the marriage does not work out. And Chinese guys tend to lack of the respect for the chastity of marriage. When cheating happens so commonly and there is neither legal or moral castigations for the faulty part, if it was the man most likely, the woman needs to grab tightly as much as money as possible for self protection.

    • @Visual_Jei
      @Visual_Jei Місяць тому +1

      Exactly.

    • @ij4674
      @ij4674 Місяць тому

      Women cheats too, and men have absolutely no 'security' in that case.

  • @xiphoid2011
    @xiphoid2011 Місяць тому +28

    Fellow shanghainese, but a man. I'm fortunate enough to study in the US, and that's rhe best thing that happened to me. I was able to avoid the extremely money focused and transactional dating scene. Had 4 girlfriends during undergrad and graduate school, had 4 girlfriends, the last one is my wife who is a Chinese student from Guangxi. Dating and marrying for love is the best thing in life. After graduation we both found jobs with American companies with 6 figure salaries and immigrated. And thanks to cheap housing in the US, we bought 2 houses, brought her parents to the US too, and we have 3 children. See, China, this is how you get people to have children.

    • @WANDERER0070
      @WANDERER0070 Місяць тому +1

      China has 1.6 BILION people bro 😂 do they need more ??

    • @qwkl2450
      @qwkl2450 Місяць тому +4

      What cheap houses?

    • @bakkwa8705
      @bakkwa8705 Місяць тому

      @@qwkl2450 I think he means cheap compared to Shanghai .

    • @freddyma4777
      @freddyma4777 Місяць тому +2

      @@qwkl2450 This is true. The houses in the states are much much cheaper and bigger than the ones in China. I'm a guy from Beijing living in a small apartment.

    • @xiphoid2011
      @xiphoid2011 Місяць тому +2

      @@qwkl2450 We bought 2 house in a major city in Texas. The one we live is 300 square meters and in a 10/10 school district, the one her parents live in is 250 and meters in a 6-7/10 school district. The 2 houses only cost $600K total combined (still less than $1 million today). You can't even get a 2 bedroom apartment in Shanghai for that price. US housing is very cheap, especially since the prices are much cheaper while the wages are much higher.

  • @luoli99
    @luoli99 Місяць тому +1

    In 1997 or 98 ,government started to promote privately owned apartments. People who got apartments from their companies, they were told they need to buy their current apartments. We paid about $3000 for our apartment. Before that people paid rent every month to their companies, the rent was very affordable.

    • @mrxiong2567
      @mrxiong2567 Місяць тому

      That was the way to live

  • @nglijie5716
    @nglijie5716 6 днів тому +1

    Before even getting married, ask yourself this one single question: what are you prepared to sacrifice?

  • @jessicachen7619
    @jessicachen7619 Місяць тому +4

    I only partially agree on the reasons, the other reasons are not mentioned here, the life pressure: heavily competitive work environment with limited resources, people just live like work slaves who sell almost 24 hrs for the company, in return, however, they just get a small amount of payment. As a result, young people no time to socialise and feel no hope for future. It is the problem of imbalanced resource with too huge population in Asia. Not all of Asian girls are materialistic and ask guys to buy the house as pre-requisite to get married...........

  • @dawadolma1232
    @dawadolma1232 Місяць тому +6

    Chinese marriage is not based on love,they are only looking for financial.if man without house or car he doesn’t has love too.

    • @natashadickson4819
      @natashadickson4819 Місяць тому +3

      Because the woman is expected to bear his children and provide elder care for his parents. He's not offering love.

  • @muthou
    @muthou Місяць тому +1

    Almost all interviews, shows, surveys with China single ladies, their requirement not only asking for a house, or property, the lady will asked for the house to put under her name, she also wants to know his entire savings, any other loans etc all about money. Some even ask for a huge bride price money from the groom, and asked for a house for her sibling or education money or marriage money for her bro etc. Scary.

  • @kunzhang1825
    @kunzhang1825 27 днів тому

    Actually my great grandfather prepared (built) small houses (in rural area of course) for all of his sons before they got married. The house tradition definitely roots in Chinese culture for hundreds of years.

  • @tabbymrp
    @tabbymrp Місяць тому +10

    I left China to study abroad when I was 17, never dated a Chinese guy -- not deliberately avoiding them, I guess they just found me overly independent and not easy to “handle”. Anyway, I married a Norwegian man. I’m pretty happy that I ended up with a Nordic guy, that I have never experienced the problems that my fellow females friends in China have to endure.

    • @BIDONG8
      @BIDONG8 27 днів тому +2

      Oxford study. You're not special

    • @xudongme6029
      @xudongme6029 4 дні тому

      笑死,对北欧男人就没有任何金钱上的要求了是吧

  • @polaris1985
    @polaris1985 Місяць тому +8

    After seeing this interview and having a look around my surrondings here in India I think staying poor is a better option for India, because the fertility rate in Urban India has fallen to around 1.6 while it is still high for rural India 2.2. I am seeing a trend in Urban areas of not getting married and marrying very late because of the same reasons stated in the interview but in India there is still a huge supply of women from the rural areas where just becoming a houswife is the primary goal of their life while in Urban areas women are choosy now and want to work and want a husband who earns more then them, the trend can be easily seen in matrimonial sites in India.
    (1950) My grandparents married at 14-15 years of age and marraige was just based on how much land the parents had, (1980) my parents were married after seeing the job profile of my father and how much land he had, (2024) I'm still unmarried beacause of my financial conditions I can't find a city women, can find an uneducated bride from rural India but I dont want to because I have always lived in a city, just to fcuk and have kids is not my goal in life.

    • @deepalil1085
      @deepalil1085 Місяць тому

      Marry a educated woman from tier 2 cities. Village women are seldom uneducated.

    • @polaris1985
      @polaris1985 Місяць тому +2

      @@deepalil1085 all women in cities want huge pay packages or look at family assets.

    • @ShivamSen-co1cs
      @ShivamSen-co1cs Місяць тому +2

      Your thinking is quite ridiculous... India's population is really too much high for context , we beat the china in terms of population but has 3 times less landmass than them. And of course , whole other things. Being poor is not going to be good for future of India

  • @diabolistic
    @diabolistic Місяць тому +1

    You should start a podcast

  • @Fantilyre
    @Fantilyre Місяць тому

    You should do an interview with Sarah Paine!

  • @solomon0o0o0ozz
    @solomon0o0o0ozz Місяць тому +9

    Very materialistic society, sadly.

    • @natashadickson4819
      @natashadickson4819 Місяць тому +3

      Can you create a new household without money? Even an unmarried young adult needs money to move out of his parents' home.

    • @frankh.5378
      @frankh.5378 20 днів тому

      Well that is everywhere.

  • @yodaiam8702
    @yodaiam8702 Місяць тому +5

    money printing affect us all

  • @ditsygirl5409
    @ditsygirl5409 Місяць тому

    The cost of marriage is truly high for the men in China whereby the men have to provide a house and car and some bride’s parents demand a household registration for the men in their city and a huge bride price that’s like over 150k RMB (average bride price in Shanghai) and it’s really cut throat. In other countries, both the men and women work together towards their planned future by paying for their house and car together. Even the bride price is like a token of gratitude paid from the men to the bride’s family.

  • @amkindabusy808
    @amkindabusy808 Місяць тому

    There is also the issue of the 996, meaning the working hours. How much is left in the day to raise kids?

  • @dengist8172
    @dengist8172 Місяць тому +15

    Well I’m gonna say it. In China women have it very difficult in life, and in turn they ask for ridiculous amounts of money as “compensation” in marriage. It’s very weird but that’s how it works

    • @99wilson
      @99wilson Місяць тому +7

      How do Chinese woman have it more difficult than any other country? Compare to Korea and Japan, Chinese woman have more options and less pressure.

    • @dengist8172
      @dengist8172 Місяць тому +1

      @@99wilson That’s true, but especially in rural areas they still have it pretty hard

  • @specialk9999
    @specialk9999 Місяць тому +23

    I think marriage rates are going down in a lot of places in the world. Cost of living has become too expensive for a lot of people everywhere. In the U.S., a lot of guys lost a lot of money in divorces or know people who have and don’t want to deal with that.

  • @DioJeanBaptiste
    @DioJeanBaptiste Місяць тому

    wow, very interesting.

  • @RTPDiaries
    @RTPDiaries Місяць тому

    Who is the "provider" in the "relationship" family or not partner or not who is the main person who "provides" in the "RELATIONSHIP"

  • @mds33483
    @mds33483 Місяць тому +6

    Dowry the guy needs to pay few hundred thousand cny to the girls parents, he needs to own a car, needs to own a house.....guys solution is quite simple, just be born millionaires simple :)))

  • @gregmcqueen4540
    @gregmcqueen4540 Місяць тому +3

    NOT REALLY TRUE, the real reason people don’t want so many children are the schools are EXPENSIVE and they can raise their prices and BRIBE YOU AT ANY TIME, FOOD, CLOTHING, THE COST OF HAVING THE CHILD AT THE HOSPITAL 🏥 IS EXPENSIVE

  • @Skyscrapers1
    @Skyscrapers1 Місяць тому +2

    Nowadays almost every person has a smartphone and people get too much info every day including marriage lives.
    And lots of info they get is negative.
    They have been exposed to such info and affected for a long time.
    As a result people have become negative towards things, of course including marriage.

  • @williejohnson5172
    @williejohnson5172 15 днів тому

    What I found shocking was she said under socialism they got a house for free.
    Capitalism-million dollar 2 bedroom apartment and no baby making .
    Socialism -free housing and going to prison to make more than 1 baby.

  • @miroslavkretija680
    @miroslavkretija680 Місяць тому +13

    Thats my wife's parents hate me, because i cant afford a house in China🤣 by the way im a foreigner.

  • @chinito77
    @chinito77 Місяць тому +20

    Any society in which you cannot marry someone because their parents are against it is the worst. Dated lots of chinese girls in my time and when things got serious, it was the parents asking what kind of job or does he own a house? F'k that! People need to think for themselves and not what their parents want. There are enough chinese in the world, no need to keep breeding. Some people are happy to marry without having kids.

  • @AlvinMG-um2ii
    @AlvinMG-um2ii Місяць тому +1

    The problem is that all the people who know how this happened discuss it, complain about it, and condemn the issue. However, in reality, these same people are the ones buying the houses and the driving force of this housing price bubble.

  • @sissi-kf8pq
    @sissi-kf8pq Місяць тому

    En many countries people have no interest in getting marry and have children. One of my chinese friends said they want children to be happy having not a stressful life and live in freedom. They have two children who were born outside of China. Y en Hong Kong, los matrimonios y la natalidad descendieron desde el 2021. Qué mejor ejemplo!!

  • @DesiMinnesotan
    @DesiMinnesotan Місяць тому +34

    Culture is extremely materialistic and Chinese women seem to have unrealistic demands and expectations. It’s crazy because I thought the western world was materialistic and individualistic but modern China is in next level. Sad that’s now how ancient China was and it was more family oriented

    • @turtlesoup8134
      @turtlesoup8134 Місяць тому

      This hyper materialism in China is what happens when you mix western capitalism with tradition and Confucianism. It is destroying the foundation of Chinese culture. It needs a reset and I am starting to see the young generation rebelling against this rotten mix bag of a culture. The way I see it, it is the transitionary period where Chinese discovered new wealth and no one wants to be left behind. SOmething else will replace it in 20 or 30 years. The gov also don't like the marriage culture in China and they seek to change it, but not sure if they can be successful. Its much harder than building up the economy.

    • @levelazn
      @levelazn Місяць тому

      and yet they still call the chinese communist

    • @michellean893
      @michellean893 Місяць тому +5

      Can you give an example of unrealistic demands and expectations? And perhaps why modern China is more materialistic and individualistic than western countries as you say?

    • @yiluis1316
      @yiluis1316 Місяць тому +2

      "Sad how ancient China was more family oriented"
      LoL, It IS a traditional way of thinking, why people do people think that this is a new generation trend or thing.
      If you wanna blame something, It has gotta be capitalistic aspect of the society and the housing prices overall.

    • @turtlesoup8134
      @turtlesoup8134 Місяць тому

      @@yiluis1316 Yes, tradition has to change and evolve, however, the current trend of having to use an economic system learned from the west is not suitable for China which has no colonies, limited resource and huge population. Capitalism works when you have endless resources for endless growth, which we now know is a western fantasy. This is why they need new wars and new countries to exploit to grow. A new system must be found that does not punish people for having children and families.

  • @carkawalakhatulistiwa
    @carkawalakhatulistiwa Місяць тому +4

    12:57 Chinese parents sound delusional

  • @jewii3824
    @jewii3824 Місяць тому

    my question, and it's a serious question. If the men are expected to have a car and a house and a secure job, what do the women bring to the table? Apart from their ability to give birth? I grew up in Shanghai so I know the stereotype of "car house job etc." but I honestly don't know how it ACTUALLY is nowadays. Although I don't know that many women in Shanghai (since I haven't lived there in a while), all of the ones that I know work and share the rent with their boyfriend.

  • @Forseti2
    @Forseti2 Місяць тому +1

    Ouch... "pool of quality guys" - that's harsh 😅

  • @chriskong2495
    @chriskong2495 Місяць тому +9

    I would say housing is a small potion of the reason. The big part of the reason is still universal actually, just like other countries. People in general are pickier when it comes to finding a life time partner compared with their parents' generation, which is an absolutely good thing. Some people get married to have an happy life. And some other people don't get married also because they want to have an happy life. That is total fine.

    • @kratos.8151
      @kratos.8151 Місяць тому +1

      Except nobody is having enough kids now and the population decrease isn't sustainable

  • @albertl623
    @albertl623 Місяць тому +11

    很简单。因为穷

    • @tobyc8668
      @tobyc8668 Місяць тому +1

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    • @user-vf7cn3oy8g
      @user-vf7cn3oy8g Місяць тому

      发展中的贫穷国家却是出生率较高。孩子很多。

    • @albertl623
      @albertl623 Місяць тому

      @@user-vf7cn3oy8g 那是穷惯了,无所谓。 中国很多人见识过物质生活丰富,和就业机会相对好的时候,现在不好了,如果生孩子就得反贫,另外底层互害,大家也不结婚了。

  • @arishem555
    @arishem555 Місяць тому

    The moment you realize that is is cheaper to own condo in NY than in Shanghai

  • @vade248721
    @vade248721 Місяць тому +1

    Sounds like a blessing!

    • @CattleFarmer667
      @CattleFarmer667 Місяць тому

      If you can find the right person to get married, its even better. Nothing wrong being single though

  • @BLACKSTA361
    @BLACKSTA361 Місяць тому +11

    Will be interesting to see what Japan and China do to tackle the problem. Korea doubled down and went the "4B Movements " way

    • @GodSpeed1105
      @GodSpeed1105 Місяць тому +1

      Sent them our way🇺🇲. We need more Asians ❤

    • @neetapoddar6072
      @neetapoddar6072 Місяць тому +6

      I no longer think getting married is the ultimate goal of people anymore. Or having children.
      Marriage no longer equates " and they lived happily ever after"
      As a mother not once did I ask my sons,"when r u planning on getting married?"

    • @ceeIoc
      @ceeIoc Місяць тому +9

      4B is barely known in Korea. It’s only popular on TikTok among white people lol

    • @BLACKSTA361
      @BLACKSTA361 Місяць тому

      @@ceeIoc Damn😂😂

    • @DesiMinnesotan
      @DesiMinnesotan Місяць тому +1

      @@GodSpeed1105anime weirdo

  • @ThePanacon
    @ThePanacon Місяць тому +8

    Being a Turk born and raised in Germany and being a German citizen I often communicate with people from Turkey and they say the same about marrying. Apparently there's a shift in expectations which turn out to be a roadblock for young men when they want to marry.
    I have heard this and read about it many times. The woman's family is demanding certain things before they agree on letting their daughter marry a man, often the bride to be or the mother in law to be formulates a list of things that need to be done prior marrying.
    Many lists look like this: the man has to buy a house, a car, both need to be registered under the bride's name so it's hers, the groom also needs to buy 2-5 kilograms of gold for the bride's parents, and if she has brothers, the groom also needs to buy the brothers 500g to 1 kilogram of gold. The bride also asks for 10-15 gold bangles where one of those could be as much as 1000 USD each. In addition to this the groom needs to ensure that they will make at least 2 vacations in Antalya or similar high priced vacation resorts. As you can understand from this, the men can't cope with those demands as many are working with the minimum wage in Turkey. Mostly around 60% of the total workforce is on minimum wage and in tourism regions people only work during the summer. Many decide to not marry or take huge loans from banks or relatives and pay it back for the next 10-15 years. That's not what's good for a society. I think this is happening in many countries now and life is getting more and more complicated. I can imagine the problem is more severe in China as the population is much much bigger.

    • @user-vp1xr5yh6k
      @user-vp1xr5yh6k Місяць тому +1

      wow

    • @ThePanacon
      @ThePanacon Місяць тому +2

      @@user-vp1xr5yh6k I think it got totally out of hand. Yet I somehow understand where it comes from. If a society is struggling badly with a poor economy people want to make sure the woman is kept in economical safety. But at what cost? Nobody will be able to afford a wedding. I haven't even mentioned all the things that are being expected for the engagement, which is also a truckload of materialistic things for the upcoming house, like furniture, household items, a kitchen with all appliances, vacuum cleaners, cutlery, plates, pots and pans which adds to another huge bill. With high taxes on all electronics in Turkey you can basically almost double the prices of electronics compared to other countries. A basic laptop can easily cost 2000$, a premium computer is 4000-5000$. A BMW SUV manufactured in the US that goes for 80K USD turns into a 516.000$ SUV as soon as it hits the Turkish ground. So, when she wants that BMW SUV, you're done. With an average minimum wage of around 600$. You do the math.

    • @sunsoza8320
      @sunsoza8320 Місяць тому

      Aye thats crazy!! 😢😮 I pray for yall.

  • @user-ow7xy9iv1n
    @user-ow7xy9iv1n 13 днів тому

    Rent or own? Yen or usd?

  • @ItchyMilk
    @ItchyMilk 5 днів тому

    I'm sorry but in the 90's in the U.S paying 3,000 a month for a 3 bedroom is crazy.

  • @artkidolee2162
    @artkidolee2162 Місяць тому +4

    What kind of BS reason she was giving?!

  • @cocolabbef
    @cocolabbef Місяць тому +1

    It is nice to have an other perspective and a real conversation, loved this video. However, why don't you first explain who she is? At least say her name in the description. It was the same with your video about the Geiko, no name in description.

  • @poodledoodle2416
    @poodledoodle2416 Місяць тому +1

    Wait, you're saying this isn't a thing in korea or japan?

    • @zevil89
      @zevil89 Місяць тому +1

      It is. She is just not knowledgeable about history. Its Confucianism

  • @garyliu6825
    @garyliu6825 Місяць тому +14

    As Chinese women are gaining more education and independence, their expectations for their potential partners are becoming more selective. Typically, the desired criteria for a match are a man who is above 5'9", earns more than 15,000 RMB per month and owns a car and an apartment in the city. Additionally, a big dowry to the bride's parents could also be expected. Although these requirements may seem reasonable, the number of men who meet these standards is quite low.

    • @js00js56
      @js00js56 Місяць тому +3

      None of this are reasonable regard current situation

    • @manifest2203
      @manifest2203 Місяць тому

      @@js00js56they are reasonable demands.

  • @davehue9517
    @davehue9517 Місяць тому +8

    Whatever happened to falling in love with the person?? Not just if you can bring a house in and make her feel "secure".... sounds more like a contract arrangement

    • @keimorgan5654
      @keimorgan5654 Місяць тому

      I get the impression that people are not paying attention to emotions. They want to know if you have money. I think families pressure their children to marry even when they don't want to. I have a feeling that is what is contributing to many spouses cheating and the increase in divorces.

    • @HereDiianas
      @HereDiianas Місяць тому +2

      Falling in love, being in love and getting married are 2 very different things. You can be in love forever and not be married. You can be married forever and be in love or not. A marriage is a contract that help 2 people to build and protect wealth or a legacy together as a family, for their children if they have them, for themselves or other family members. It also make those couples dependant and responsible of each other legally. So you better trust your partner before getting married. Being in love does not mean you trust this person to make life or death medical decisions for you one day.

  • @vigerminaberrios4116
    @vigerminaberrios4116 16 днів тому

    I’m glad that I live in a country that none of that happens. Nobody ask anything from parents and parents almost don’t are who you marry as long as you can support yourself and husband or wife or partner. They can buy a house, rent and whatever they want.

  • @andile5945
    @andile5945 19 днів тому

    I believe we take that last point for granted.

  • @Skidblanar
    @Skidblanar Місяць тому +9

    Socialism: buying an apartment for 3000
    Capitalism: buy same apartment for 1 million dollar minimum.

    • @geebee8989
      @geebee8989 Місяць тому

      Socialism takes it does not buy or produce, just simply takes and redistributes as the leaders see fit.

    • @tritruong-pj7dg
      @tritruong-pj7dg Місяць тому +1

      but there are 2-3 house to buy for 1k people in socialism haha

    • @kiotseaetonlancaster4267
      @kiotseaetonlancaster4267 21 день тому

      well... I hope you enjoy your socialist state.

  • @TygerBlueEyes
    @TygerBlueEyes Місяць тому +6

    No prenuptial?

    • @turtlesoup8134
      @turtlesoup8134 Місяць тому +3

      mostly not. the Chinese marriage law is usually very fair for both sexes. This is why the female side always want the apartment name to be in their name or controlling the house finance after marriage to make up for their extreme need to control the relationship and feel secure.

  • @Mizuyah
    @Mizuyah Місяць тому

    I feel like this would be a good topic for Japan, too, considering the declining population

  • @HawkinaBox
    @HawkinaBox 28 днів тому

    Government: Get married and buy a house! I don't know why it's so hard?!
    Also everyone:

  • @neoncorolla6917
    @neoncorolla6917 Місяць тому +21

    This is why we can't feel sorry for the women. They limit their own options. It's like being starving but only requesting they eat at a Michelin Star restaurant.

    • @ladybug3380
      @ladybug3380 Місяць тому

      The women are trying to make sure their children don’t struggle in society. If a woman breeds with a man with no resources then it’s her fault for picking that man as the father of her children. Her children will not have an advantage ahead of other children, they’ll have to start from the bottom. Who wants their kids to struggle? Men only think about themselves not the children that will come out of being in a relationship with a woman.

    • @jzeng-pj4rp
      @jzeng-pj4rp Місяць тому +3

      It’s more like the women can afford rice and meat/veggies on their own merit, why would they settle for dumpster diving? Because of “love”? There have to be some standards considering women are still expected to work and give birth and raise kids and take care of his parents…

    • @kiotseaetonlancaster4267
      @kiotseaetonlancaster4267 21 день тому

      @@jzeng-pj4rp XD hahahaha

    • @vigerminaberrios4116
      @vigerminaberrios4116 16 днів тому

      Exactly 😮

    • @ne_alexa
      @ne_alexa 9 днів тому +1

      The only problem with your analogy is the assumption that women are thirsty. Then in reality they can be more than okay without intimacy.