Lunar New Year spike in price of China’s fake boyfriends and girlfriends, hired by singles to save face over the holidays
Following up the post of Chinese New Year shopping, it is interesting to see from this news that how the most important festival in China has impact on not only consumption of goods but also services such as ‘hiring a girlfriend/boyfriend back home’. It owes partly to the fact that it it common for parents and relatives, at this time of union, to ask an adult of their relationships and plan of marriage. This ‘tradition’ may lay stress on many young single adults when facing such circumstance, and thus they may choose to hire a fake partner back home. There is also gender issue in this phenomenon that most of the advertisement are aiming at young male.
Contributed by HuiminLai on 30/01/2017
