The Poker Bride is a different kind of Wild West story. From the gold rush in Northern California to a mining town in the highlands of Idaho, it follows the remarkable Polly Bennis. Smuggled from ...

In China, it’s traditional for families to provide financial support when their children get married, with the groom’s parents usually expected to give money to the bride’s parents. Known as the ...

Recent data from China shows a decline in fertility rates in the countryside as well as in the cities. This complicates hopes that rural women could alleviate the declining birthrate. Demographic ...

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My given name is Phuong. I’m 30 years old and come from Vietnam. I married a man in China five years ago and we have a son and daughter together. I’m just an ordinary woman in a mixed-nationality ...