DALIAN, China -- As young people of marriageable age worldwide will attest, parental pressure to tie the knot is universal. But unique social factors make that pressure particularly acute in China, which suits the country's online dating sites just fine.
China's internet dating market surged 16% last year to 4 billion yuan ($633 million), according to iResearch Consulting Group, a Chinese outfit. The figure is expected to increase by about 10% a year to reach 5.27 billion yuan in 2020.
