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China Warns Its Lonely Men Against ‘Buying a Foreign Wife’

The Chinese government issued a warning, the state-run Global Times reported on Monday, to its male citizens in Bangladesh discouraging the use of local matchmaking services or acceptance of offers to “buy” a wife — a growing threat to social stability as the nation’s marriage rate plummets and gender disparity skyrockets.

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China Loses Population for Third Straight Year

China’s National Bureau of Statistics on Friday reported the population declined for the third straight year in 2024, even though there was a small and surprising increase in the number of births for the first time in seven years.

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