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A new marriage mart is thriving in China. The indulgent parents gathered the mart finding the life-companions for the “Little Emperors”. The marriage mart in Beijing Zhong Park is a small tip of a whole iceberg. What do you think of this “ new arranged marriage”? Should parents find the life-companions for their children?

Pallavi Aiyar a reporter at Asia Times wrote a detailed report on the marriage mart in Beijing’s Zhongshan Park. It is an article of interest and insight. The title of the report is ‘Sunday afternoon at the marriage mart’.

An interesting part of his essay:  
<<It is also evident that the commodities being advertised are neither vegetables nor household goods. This is in fact a marriage mart; a unique public gathering that mixes aspects of the collective culture of communism with the resurgence of the traditional parental role in arranging marriages as well as the more modern capitalist doctrine of consumer choice.

Held every Sunday afternoon, the market is a forum for parents who have come to despair of their educated, career-driven offspring ever finding an appropriate life-partner on their own and have thus decided to take matters into their own hands. >>

Follow the link to read the whole article: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JG10Ad02.html

What do you think of the marriage mart?

The elderly gathered at the marriage mart in Beijing's Zhongshan Park ,find life-companions for the "Little Emperors".
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