The gender gap is a big problem in the Middle Kingdom – and its ‘leftover men’ are going to great lengths to find a wife.
In China, there is a name for unmarried men over 30. Shengnan, meaning “leftover men” have yet to find a wife – and in a country with a growing gender gap, that’s a big problem.
By 2020, it’s estimated there will be 30 million more men than women looking for a partner
China has many millions more men than women, a hangover of the country's one-child policy, which was overturned in 2015, though its effects will last decades more. The gender imbalance is making it hard for many men to find a partner – and the gap is likely to widen.
And to avoid prying questions from inquisitive parents, some men are even resorting to hiring “fake” girlfriends to present to their parents using apps such as Hire Me Plz.Reports suggest hiring a girlfriend can cost up to 10,000 yuan ($1,450) a day.
The problems for men in finding a partner are most acute in poorer rural areas, made worse by long-held traditions that the husband must be able to offer a decent level of financial security before he can secure a wife.
Read more on www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170213-why-millions-of-chinese-men-are-staying-single

Naija babes where una dey?

Must they marry from their nationality?



Even me wey dey here so I am open to opportunities of marrying a lady outside my nationality

What if Nigerian men get to be called left overs

Please Op, recheck your story again. It's the opposite. Number of women will be more than men in China. And that's why there's a new boom in the business of acting as a boyfriend "fake boyfriend" for the girls whenever the wanna go home visiting. And once she's above 30 and not yet married, she is tag "shegnan" meaning leftover.

Omagago:
Please Op, recheck your story again. It's the opposite. Number of women will be more than men in China. And that's why there's a new boom in the business of acting as a boyfriend "fake boyfriend" for the girls whenever the wanna go home visiting. And once she's above 30 and not yet married, she is tag "shegnan" meaning leftover.

Would you be kind enough to share me the source of your own information? As you can see, I got this from BBC website, and I believe they must have conducted a study to end up coming with an editorial on it. It's quite a lengthy article. I only copied snippets. You could read up the full article from the link I put up there.

Jessicaseth:
What if Nigerian men get to be called left overs

In Nigeria, the reverse is the case. The one-child policy adopted in China as a means of population control, but outlawed 2 years ago is chiefly responsible for this.

dingbang:
Must they marry from their nationality?



Even me wey dey here so I am open to opportunities of marrying a lady outside my nationality

Don't you know traditional Chinese are some of the most close-minded people you can ever come across and there are over a billion of those. Only the ones that have been opportune to live in the West have a semblance of open-mindedness and that is being fair on them.

Sheggy13:

Would you be kind enough to share me the source of your own information? As you can see, I got this from BBC website, and I believe they must have conducted a study to end up coming with an editorial on it. It's quite a lengthy article. I only copied snippets. You could read up the full article from the link I put up there.

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2016/05/china-fake-boyfriends-160522081331610.html

Here is the link and there is also a video attached if it may interest you to watch.

Hmmm. Two conflicting pieces of information from two different credible mainstream news organisations.

Who we go believe now na?