The world is changing faster than ever, yet something unexpected is happening in the marriage customs of several nations.
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 ...
Couples hug each other during a group wedding at the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on January 6, 2025. The number of new marriages recorded in China fell to ...
Arranged marriage never really disappeared. It adapted, survived, and in some cases, it's actually growing again. In 2025, arranged marriages are experiencing a resurgence, driven by modern pragmatism ...