Young Chinese spend 1,000 times as much as their parents on weddings
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Modern Chinese couples spend 1,000 times more than their parents' generation on lavish weddings and other expenses linked to starting a family, state media reported.
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Saving for ballooning college costs will test even the most creative parent.
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China has allocated nearly 1.6 million tickets to more than 300,000 people for next year's Beijing Olympics in the first round of booking, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.
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Private spending, supported handsomely by a growing number of very wealthy families, is gaining ground on traditional public investment.
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Rich Chinese people who flout the country's family planning policies, which usually limit couples to one child, will face higher fines under tougher new enforcement guidelines, state media said on Saturday.
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Like an allowance that extends far past adolescence, parents are helping finance their childrenâs lives longer, and depleting their retirement savings in the process.
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There's hope for the next generation when teens begin investing their money.
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_ Royalty and dignitaries from around the world filled the palace Thursday for the marriage of Brunei&#39;s crown prince to a 17-year-old half-Swiss commoner in what was likely to be Asia&#39;s wedding of the year.
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To ensure a dead sonÂs contentment in the afterlife, some Chinese parents search out a dead woman to be his bride.
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Young Chinese couples should think twice about getting too affectionate in public in the Chinese capital -- the chances are they are being watched, state media said on Wednesday.
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Advertisers have uncovered a world of young men with plenty of time on their hands and money to spend - a highly coveted demographic - in an unlikely place.
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Plan a big, fat cheap wedding, and start your coupling with extra cash, not debt.
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Christine Yu of Taipei has a master's degree from Britain and experience at a multinational company in Beijing. But she has trouble paying bills in her hometown in Taiwan, squeezed by the rising cost of living.
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They're culture-rich and scenically stunning, but very, very pricey.
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Millions are travelling home for Chinese New Year in what is called the world's biggest human migration.
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People are sometimes more extravagant with currencies that have high face values.
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When did being a wedding guest get so expensive?