Why do young people in China hurry to get married? (1) [speed writing 1] In China, getting married by a certain age is not a choice, but an obligation -- to quote a BBC documentary named "Secrets of China", although I don't like the female host who has been wearing a scornful smile throughout the show, as if she were examining a civilization far more inferior than her own. Let me get back to my topic. Chinese usually come under the pressure to get married by a certain age, probably 30 for men, and 25 for women. If you fall behind the schedule, people around you, even relatives that you see only once a year and neighbors that don't even know your full name, may think you are strange and naturely gain the right to lecture in your face the importance of settling down. It's no news for young women who are still undergraduate students to go to a blind date to make sure that they will secure a husband right after they leave college. And "marriage markets", which are places for people to exchange information about potential partners, have sprung up in many big cities, such as Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu. Some marriage markets are set up by individuals, and some by the government. But people that go there are not singletons themselves, but their parents, desperate to find an eligible daughter- or son-in-law amid numerous cards with personal information or even more luckily, to meet the parents of their future daughter- or son-in law on the spot. To be continued Time count: 42 min