Nanfang Daily recently ran an article about an online love affair and subsequent marriage between a 37 year-old Chinese woman, Wu Mulan, from Shenzhen and a Canadian businessman and presidential candidate for the 2005 Polish elections, Stanislaw Tyminski. The article aroused a great deal of contention and Nanfang Daily teamed up with sina.com.cn to put together an online poll asking for Chinese netizens' input and views on international marriages.
A total of 3,464 people participated in the survey below.
option | Percentage / Votes |
1Marriage is often about love for westerners, more so than it is here | 52.20% / 1,811 |
2Undecided | 19.7% / 681 |
3Infidelity in marriage is more prevalent in the west, so the quality of marriage is even lower than it is here | 16.6% / 574 |
4Marriage in the west is about the same practicalities as it is here | 11.5% / 398 |
option | Percentage / Votes |
1The riches and fame of a foreign man | 44.1% / 1528 |
2A woman obviously seeking a better future | 23.6% / 817 |
3Love | 21.6% / 747 |
4Intercultural appreciation | 7.7% / 267 |
5Other | 3.0% / 105 |
option | Percentage / Votes |
1Can't say for certain | 51.2% / 1,773 |
2National marriages have better odds | 24.5% / 848 |
3International marriages have better odds | 24.3% / 843 |
option | Percentage / Votes |
1I'd be willing | 67.5% / 2,338 |
2No, I'd rather not | 18.3% / 634 |
3Undecided | 14.2% / 492 |
option | Percentages / Votes |
1North America | 29.8% / 1,036 |
2Western Europe | 28.7% / 993 |
3Northern Europe | 13.8% / 478 |
4Oceania (Australia, New Zealand) | 9.9% / 344 |
5Other | 6.7% / 231 |
6Southeastern Asia | 6.1% / 210 |
7Japan | 5.0% / 172 |
option | Percentage / Votes |
1The overall social and cultural tolerance for individualism | 42.9% / 1,490 |
2The lure of the exotic | 22.9% / 792 |
3Better things and bigger possessions | 20.8% / 720 |
4Bigger and better career developments | 9.8% / 338 |
5Other | 3.6% / 124 |
option | Percentage / Votes |
1The obvious cultural and social differences between us | 51.4% / 1,783 |
2Whether or not I could adjust to the foreign culture | 17.8% / 616 |
3My language and work skills | 15.1% / 523 |
4Leaving behind my parents | 12.7% / 439 |
5Other | 3.0% / 103 |
option | Percentage / Votes |
1No | 78.2% / 2,708 |
2Yes | 21.8% / 756 |
Source: sina.com.cn
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