China's Female Millionaires are in a Matchmaking Frenzy

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it's Valentine's Day in Chengdu and preparations are well underway for an unusual event a matchmaking party to find husbands for some of the city's single female millionaires these women are part of China's new elite the super-rich who seemed to have it all but when it comes to love they're victims of their own success how many applications have you had we have received over 5,000 application from Jonny do is the man playing cupid tonight and how many will be here tonight and after all the screening and selecting underway eventually we pick the 51 and gentlemen's to attend this event so 51 men and 51 women yes among the arriving potential husbands a local civil servants a judge and a senior policeman Johnson why have you come here to find a partner for life Johnson Z is 26 and works in IT he's wearing badge number 8 the luckiest number of all in China well if you're lucky you could end up with a million errors yes but I'm doing pretty well myself so I don't want that's not part of my consideration so money's not an issue not really no so ideally you'd like to find a woman who's 26 or under and I have to be honest here that's actually Chinese girls women there is psychologically grew older than Western girls China will soon be the world's biggest economy it's already home to one and a half million millionaires a third of them women but far from being considered a catch China's ambitious modern woman is finding few prospects in the marriage market - ooh wait I owe you one it's a social contradiction that's inspired this song Deng Fung is a millionaire entrepreneur who made her fortune by selling furniture what is the downside of being a very wealthy single woman in China today mmm what are the young young didn't thing here a new challenge tickle seasonal for me and Sally mouth mmm Wang Ying's out there to shore excellency Hong Kong ma in China a woman who fails to succeed in love by the time she turns 28 is branded left over but at 42 and single Miss Deng says she won't be deterred from the search to find a husband are men afraid of a strong woman in China tickle Inga Pushpa whatever English Tang jungwan dongjun hanson bay that is dumb chicken water nature chicken new channel ha so comes out on little challenge away Tao come jump or down to where you feel quite seen sorry Tasha hole push your powers you don't come out get up sure you hoping that tonight at the matchmaking party her fortunes might change Deng Fung wants to look her best exciting exciting Alito robot 100-500 sugar John de Lancie Anderson what are your lessons up show me a hard you know general then I will recognize you miss tang is an old friend of Johnny do CEO of one of China's top free internet dating sites online dating is big business in China once even listed on the Nasdaq stock market by the channel government that they published a report and say currently there are nearly 200 billion singles in China 200 million yeah 200 million singles Wow Keanu and also Andy is a keep growing it's a social time bomb China's skewed gender imbalance means there are currently 118 men for every 100 women yet despite the shortage of women Chinese men remain very picky Telesur man normally don't want inna winna over daddy himself so if you're a woman who's single and is 30 or over you're considered leftover correct and reason our service said that if you're older than 28 and your quote is a leftover winner or never woman now why it's just a tradition there are maybe the the pressure from the peers and from the societies if you take for like old women and hold value and probably the people we're all around you will look down on you traditionally in China happiness depends upon nourished and so for some parents getting their adult children married off is an obsession at this Beijing Park desperate parents hold a marriage market several times a week here parents post details about their unmarried children in the hope they'll find a match 33 and the boy a year of course so each one of these is a personal biography I've never seen this before hahaha this is a very pretty area and no money change the anybody who want to catch on oh yeah young say how'd you get married yes good thanks mr. pang tells me that he's looking for a husband for his daughter 36 years old you're just working in London editor I'm still not married and then they said oh you are too critical that's why you couldn't find the meteorite Catherine Zhao is 35 and a civil engineer but like Deng fung she's considered a leftover woman do you get sad sometimes yeah of course I just the wish the people never look the single woman Isis genscher Kendall for human being is a word I think the word became is so fast I receive change and I'm satisfied in this moment and I'm also satisfied I'm also looking forward a tool to have my own family she says she spent most of her 20s and 30s working on her career now she admits she struggles to get a date they said okay one day when you'll retire if nobody around you if you have if your cat seeker who we're taking care of you this is a always fear kind of thoughts from a parent's side Catherine tells me that though she and her friends haven't given up hope of finding true love they're not willing to compromise on who they are for a partner do you think men find you intimidating I think the man do or be but maybe after that and maybe they think I'm to tweed independent they think you're too independent possible yeah this is at least I learned from my ex-boyfriend he told you that yeah he told me do you think you are I think I'm independent because my parents educates me by this way you know I'm a girl but certainly parents to tell me you know you're a girl you should do everything try do everything by yourself now tell me what sort of woman the Chinese men want I think from my experience I I think that they prefer the women is beauty first must be beauty and second that they are a little bit not that smart you need to have a certain education but not so much not too much sure submissive yeah I should say like this and I prefer I think they also prefer that the girl is conservative I think this is very important you know find the a perfect match is always a challenge for any person for any couple's matchmaker Johnny do says it's not only Chinese men who were choosy about potential partners women are Pickers they're really picky and they want the man to be very rich young handsome and also rich handsome and educated and they also be good be good to him back at the matchmaking party its speed-dating chinese-style yeah Chiana no no but before long things begin to look hopeful for Miss dang she appears to be hitting it off with number 46 a businessman from Beijing all too soon the dinner is drawing to a close the smile or miss dings face suggests the evening was a success but has she found love Oh Jenna I should wha uh yeah but but well if I take a take a cheesy I need it to mother Cinzia yeah hi Dino yeah Raja come Yash I want to go take a little on your heart and say to Michael Jordan Hill it's good ohayo you

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Channel: Journeyman Pictures

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Length: 13min 17sec (797 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 10 2016

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