Posted: 投稿者： Wocca (748) 投稿日時： 金, 2005-11-11 04:48 | 件名: Dating Scene for Choosy Children

Parents explore dating scene for choosy children

November 11 has gradually become China's Singles' Day when those who are yet to find a partner make particular effort to meet a mate.

But in the country's more developed cities, where young people increasingly put making money ahead of finding love, worried parents are arranging dates for their single children whether it is Singles' Day or not.

In Beijing, Zhongshan, Yuyuantan and Zizhuyuan parks are all busy venues for parents seeking mates for their offspring.

On one sultry summer's afternoon this year, one father was sitting in Zhongshan Park holding a framed personal ad reading: "Male single, 35, handsome, height: 1.76m, engineer in a joint venture with a bachelor's degree. "

An interested mother approached, read the ad attentively, before asking: "Can he speak German?"

Puzzled for a second, the father cautiously asked why.

China Daily

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