Chinese Men are Becoming a Hot Catch For Foreign Women

A post from the People’s Daily Online touted Chinese men as “honest, outgoing and responsible”, lending encouragement for interracial marriages.

Chinese men have long been facing the gender imbalance caused by the “one-child policy” and a culture that favors male children over females that manifests in many men being unable to find a wife. As China is headed into a demographic disaster, many men in the coming years will be forced to forgo the idea of marriage.

For the men that do decide to throw their dice into the game, they face stiff competition — so they need to have the complete package in order to snag a mate. And while this has traditionally translated to an excellent education from a prestigious school making beaucoup bucks, it now seems to mean something much, much more.

In one example of this something more, actor Xu Xiaoguong painted a portrait of his Korean wife, Choo Ja-hyun, moving her to tears. “I didn’t expect him to paint so well,” she said between sobs.

Another instance comes from Jocelyn Eikenburg, author of the blog Speaking of China:

From People’s Daily Online, a third voice vouches for Chinese husbands:

The publication (and, certainly, many Chinese citizens) hopes that this infatuation with Chinese men continues, alleviating the bachelor burden caused by the now-lifted one-child policy.