21-year-old’s suicide highlights pressures men face in marriage market in China


Men outnumber women in China, and they are expected to be the financial provider in a relationship. - ST

BEIJING: A recent case of a Chinese man who killed himself after his girlfriend took all his money and dumped him has struck a nerve in a country where men vastly outnumber women and face pressure to provide for their other half even before marriage.

Video gamer Liu Jie, 21, leapt off a bridge in the south-western city of Chongqing on April 11, Chinese media reported, based on social media posts made by Liu’s older sister and friends, who posted chats he had with his former girlfriend, including his money transfers to her.

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