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Luliang, China: Moments after registering their marriage, Zhang Gang and Weng Linbin posed in front of a red backdrop adorned with a Chinese government emblem, fanning out the wad of cash they had received as an incentive to wed. Zhang’s home city of Luliang in northern Shanxi province is one of many places in China…
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After her death, her fiance demanded her mother return the bride price. A woman in China died by suicide after her family forced her into an engagement with a blind date. According to the South China Morning Post, the 19-year-old named Tongtong was pressured into getting engaged to a man she had only met five days…
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