BEIJING -- Young people in China are steering clear of marriage and the number of weddings has dramatically declined in recent years, posing serious demographic and planning challenges for President Xi Jinping's administration.
Unrelenting decline in weddings gives Xi Jinping administration headache
The owner of a wedding dress store puts a wedding dress on a mannequin during the coronavirus outbreak in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. © Reuters
BEIJING -- Young people in China are steering clear of marriage and the number of weddings has dramatically declined in recent years, posing serious demographic and planning challenges for President Xi Jinping's administration.