Jeffrey Hays's Marriage In China

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In the Condition of Chinese’s love, their “Romantic love” is based on material needs, what is material needs? When a man proposes to a woman, they must to have a house and a car. They use these things to measure a man, because they think these are security of life. According to the article “Marriage in China” wrote by Jeffrey Hays who was an American politician, publish by New York Times. He said that “Marriage is becoming more and more materialistic. This is a huge change in Chinese society. No matter how confident a woman is, she will lose face if her boyfriend or husband doesn't have a house” Houses and cars have become to a standard to measure a man, they lose not only real love, but also the feeling about love. The love in contact may

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