Matchmaking Chinese Parents Seek Spouses in Parks – Reuters

From Reuters via The New York Times:

Zhang Dianwei is on a mission — to find his daughter a husband. But he’s not turning to the Internet or using a traditional matchmaker.

Instead, he goes most Thursdays and Sundays to a park nestled in the shadows of Beijing’s Forbidden City, carrying a printed sheet of paper listing his daughter’s details such as her age, height, education and job prospects.

He then tries to seek out his daughter’s perfect match by wandering around a small corner of the park set aside for parents searching for spouses for their adult children. [Full Text]