‘I believe in us’: Woman pays US$26,000 debt for fiancé she met a month ago and refuses betrothal cash from him, triggers debate in China


By Liya Su

A woman in China has gone against the norm of accepting a bride price from her future husband, instead paying him money. China’s census data for 2021 showed the country’s gender ratio was 723.11 million men to 689.49 million women. — SCMP

A woman in China who paid off her future husband’s debt worth 180,000 yuan (US$26,000 or RM114,279) and did not accept the traditional bride price normally paid by a groom has sparked debate on mainland social media.

The woman, surnamed Zhou, from Nanchang city in Jiangxi province, eastern China, met her fiancé, surnamed Hu, on a blind date and continued to see each other for a month before deciding to get married end of this year, Jimu News reported.

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