A growing number of Chinese men are discovering that they lack the financial means to afford a wife.
According to a news segment by Shanghai-based news agency Kankan, Yang Ruiqing has been searching for a wife for 18 years. The segment, which was released on Valentine’s Day, has garnered over 5 million views online. Yang, who is 40 years old and resides in Ning county, a destitute village in the northwestern province of Gansu, is among the millions of Chinese “leftover men” who are competing for a partner, often through financial means.