BEIJING: One of the highlights of this year’s Singles’ Day was parents acting as proxies for their too-busy-to-attend children at the matchmaking events. This reflected the anxiety of Chinese parents whose children have crossed the traditional age of marriage to find a life partner for them. Perhaps the lack of social security is to blame for the situation.
The marriage of many parents who today are looking for life partners for their children were arranged by the organisations they worked for. The established practice then was for “organisations” to take care of the needs of their workers.