The Soapbox: China's digital marriage market

肥皂箱:中国的数字婚恋市场

Round Table China

2026-03-30

21 分钟
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Remember those weekend marriage markets where parents posted résumés on park walls? They've gone digital. Now, anxious parents are swiping for sons- and daughters-in-law from the comfort of their living rooms. An old tradition, reinvented for the app era. On the show: Steve, Fei Fei & Yushan
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  • I'm Steve Hatherly today with Yushan and Fei-Fei.

  • Coming up, the park used to be the place parents would gather with handwritten romantic resumes

  • hoping to find a match for their adult children.

  • But now they're doing it from their sofa in their living room.

  • China's marriage market has gone digital, the swiping has begun, and it's our topic for Soapbox today.

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