Zhou Pin with his now-missing bride
Posted on 08/01/2009 12:58:57 PM PDT by Lorianne
XIN'AN VILLAGE, HANZHONG, China -- With no eligible women in his village, Zhou Pin, 27 years old, thought he was lucky to find a pretty bride whom he met and married within a week, following the custom in rural China.
Ten days later, Cai Niucuo vanished, leaving behind her clothes and identity papers. She did not, however, leave behind her bride price: 38,000 yuan, or about $5,500, which Mr. Zhou and his family had scrimped and borrowed to put together.
When Mr. Zhou reported his missing spouse to authorities, he found his situation wasn't unique. In the first two months of this year, Hanzhong town saw a record number of scams designed to extract high bride prices in a region with an oversupply of bachelors.
The fleeing Mrs. Zhou was one of 11 runaway brides -- hardly the isolated case or two that the town had seen in years past. The local phenomenon has fueled broader speculation among officials that the fast-footed wives may be part of a larger criminal ring.
"She called me soon after she left," says Mr. Zhou, a slight man with a tentative smile. He says she asked how he was doing, and apologized for the hardship she had caused. "I told her, 'I will see you again one day.' "
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The same is true of these foreign mail order brides.
All they want is your money and citizenship.
American men get puffed up egos and fall for it all the time. After a kid or two, for support money, they ditch them. Of course all won’t but the MAJORITY DO just that.
Excerpt:
Thanks to its 30-year-old population-planning policy and customary preference for boys, China has one of the largest male-to-female ratios in the world. Using data from the 2005 China census — the most recent — a study published in last month’s British Journal of Medicine estimates there was a surplus of 32 million males under the age of 20 at the time the census was taken. That’s roughly the size of Canada’s population.
Now some of these men have reached marriageable age, resulting in intense competition for spouses, especially in rural areas. It also appears to have caused a sharp spike in bride prices and betrothal gifts. The higher prices are even found in big cities such as Tianjin.
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THat’s what happens when you do these things also ... .
Watch this cause and effect:
The Communist Government forces 1 child policies.
Families, knowing that men are better providers to their parents in their later years chooses to abort females causing a surplus of males.
When the males get of mating age, females are valuable and therefore the price goes up. In this case $5,500.
Adam Smith's invisible hand in action.
Zhou Pin with his now-missing bride
Bride? That’s a man.
Well, if some desperate women in the US want to get married, China might be an outlet. A mail-order husband business might be just the ticket. The Chinese men are surely not going to be as picky as the American men looking for Eastern European brides.
SHE’S A MAN BABY!
No wonder she left him.
Probably for an American
‘The Chinese men are surely not going to be as picky as the American men looking for Eastern European brides.’
I’ve seen some Mexican men with scary American wives.
I’m a caucasian American. I had a blind date once with a chinese guy. Oddly, to me, he wanted to know my blood type. Apparently, that’s an indicator of compatibility. (I was actually relieved when I realized that was what he was asking. With his thick accent, I thought he was asking my bra type!) He was courteous, but we had little in common and there was not a second date.
More and more, though, I’m sold on American men, especially my dear hubby and son. Good luck to all the women who try to bridge the culture gap between America and China. I hope it works out for them.
You wrote:
“THat’s what happens when you do these things also ... .”
Messing with usual population trends is just plain DUMB.
“More and more, though, I’m sold on American men, especially my dear hubby and son.”
Well, I’m glad you like them!!! ;)
Huh. Sounds like he's invited to her next wedding.
There used to be a guy here on FR (can’t recall the name) who talked up his mail-order bride and what a stud he was for getting her. I think she was from Ukraine or something. Haven’t seen him around for a while. Real angry dude with a chip on his shoulder about American women.
I would imagine hookers cost less than what this guy paid.
I think I know who you are referencing. Very angry, younger guy (in the US Navy?). Very beligerent. Hmmm
There's a Country & Eastern song in here somewhere.
$5,500 will get a lot of hookers.
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