China’s blind box phenomenon still shows the pitfalls of online dating and meeting strangers on the Internet


In China’s time-poor society blind boxes are seen as an easy way to meet potential dates, but not everyone is happy with the outcome. Offline, there are also stores and street vendors selling such boxes for as cheap as less than US$0.16 (67sen). — SCMP

Besides looking for a decent job, finding Mr right is the other important thing for 25-year-old Shannon Yang, who’s about to finish her postgraduate studies in Beijing.

A shy woman whose classmates are mostly female, she decided to try a popular way to find her new romance after an unsuccessful relationship recently – dating blind boxes.

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