In the 1950s, China’s fledgling government sought to upend centuries-old marriage practices and promote women’s rights. But ...

China has recorded a drop in marriage registrations for the first nine months of 2024, heightening fears of a demographic crisis in the country. Despite a "sweeping government campaign to boost ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Numbers of marriages in China dropped to 6.1 million in 2024, an exceptionally ...

On Aug. 24, 1986, I had an arranged marriage in India, which was brokered through an introduction from a family friend who knew both my husband’s family and mine. On July 13, 2024, my daughter had an ...

From Married at First Sight to Indian Matchmaking, arranged marriages have been reality TV fodder for years. But, as is true of many a reality TV relationship, arranged or not, what we see onscreen ...