‘Rather be single forever’: 20 men queuing for details of 1 woman at blind dating event in China reveals serious sex-ratio imbalance
- A video of more than 20 men queuing up to scan a woman’s QR code in the hope of a future date has renewed debate on China’s serious gender imbalance
- The walls of the room were hung with paper listing the personal information of participants, including age, height, weight, education and occupation
A video of a blind dating event in eastern China where more than 20 men scrambled with each other to meet a woman has highlighted the country’s gender imbalance and the difficulty men face seeking a relationship.
The blind dating event in Jiangxi province earlier this month had far more men than women, news portal Su Kan Shi Jie reported.
The video showed more than 20 men queuing up to scan a woman’s QR code on WeChat in the hope of a future date, the report said.
“I feel humble to the extreme. I prefer to remain single for my whole life,” said the man who filmed the scene.
The walls of the room were hung with numerous pieces of paper listing the personal information of the single participants, including age, height, weight, educational background, occupation and family details, as well as the standards they set for potential partners.
One 28-year-old woman who works as a kindergarten teacher said in her resume that she hoped her future husband would at least be 170cm tall and should have at least a secondary school diploma.