China’s Supreme People’s Court has issued a fresh warning against the practice of demanding excessive betrothal gifts, intensifying a state campaign to curb costly wedding customs that authorities say ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Runaway "bride prices" are making marriage unaffordable in rural China and need to be capped, and professional matchmakers should be stopped from overcharging, says a village ...

China's bachelor crisis meets Nepal's poverty in a trade that blurs the lines between arranged marriage and coercion Late one night in southern Nepal last month, whispers spread of an unusual wedding ...