China’s ‘asexual marriage’ matchmaking site thrives – Reuters

From Reuters via CNet.com:

Online marriage brokers are common in China, but a young Chinese Web site is thriving by turning the traditional idea of marriage on its head.

Called Marriage for Asexuals, the site claims to be the first and biggest online marriage broker for “asexual” people in China. It says it has attracted 7,000 members since it was launched last year.

Its success helps illustrates the expansion of the Internet in China, the increasingly permissive nature of Chinese society–and the way small but growing minorities of people are stepping away from traditions that have dominated culture for thousands of years. [Full Text]

See also China.org’s “Asexual Marriage Bothers Highly-educated Women”