Thursday, August 21, 2014
$3200 for a Bride
Chinese men in rural villages are paying $3200 to families (parents, usually) to sell their daughters in rural Vietnam for marriage.
Their marriages were arranged for cash, but some of the Vietnamese women who have found unlikely Prince Charmings in remote Chinese villages say they are living happily ever after.
"Economically, life is better here in China," said Nguyen Thi Hang, one of around two dozen women from Vietnam who have married men in Linqi.
On the other hand, some women, finding themselves in terrible marriages, have a tough time leaving.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/gender_law/2014/08/3200-for-a-bride-.html