The price of marriage

.The price of marriage

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.The price of marriage

The more luxurious the wedding and the bigger the expenditure, the older the man tends to be. The greater the gap in age, the more the price goes up," said Claire Pan, creative director of Mocha Wedding Planner.

According to figures provided by Mocha, the average cost of a wedding in China is now 200,000 yuan, although the company has handled weddings that have cost a staggering 10 million yuan.[Full story]





Wedding now a burden for newlyweds

Newlyweds spend nearly 150,000 yuan ($22,000) on their wedding in Shanghai, with 62 percent having their parents bear some of the cost, according to a recent survey.

The survey, conducted among 100 new couples in Shanghai by the Shanghai Morning Post, found 34 percent can't afford a wedding ceremony that costs on average 150,000 yuan, an expense that consumes three years' salary of an average white-collar worker who earns between 40,000 and 60,000 yuan a year. [Full story]




Love, a many-yuan thing

The post-80s generation is getting married in droves and their weddings are becoming ever more costly and lavish affairs.

A recent survey shows that average expenditure on a wedding was 30,000-40,000 yuan ($4,400-5,900) in 2009 compared with 20,000 yuan in 2005. [Full story]


Mothers to blame for rising home prices?

Want to marry your girlfriend in China? Better buy a house first.

Facing ever-rising housing prices in China, only 18 percent of mothers told a recent survey they were willing to let their daughters marry men who only rent their homes. [Full story]



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