Editing Mail-order bride (section)

===China===

China is one of the main source countries of East Asian mail-order brides. [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese women]] are traveling to China as mail-order brides for rural [[Han Chinese]] men to earn money for their families and a rise in the standard of living, matchmaking between Chinese men and Vietnamese women has increased and has not been affected by troubled relations between Vietnam and China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnamese-brides-happy-enough-with-chinese-husbands-30068.html|title=Vietnamese brides happy enough with Chinese husbands|date=19 August 2014|work=thanhniennews.com|access-date=1 February 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510210426/http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnamese-brides-happy-enough-with-chinese-husbands-30068.html|archive-date=10 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/feature/news-feature/Leftover-men-buy-brides-from-Vietnam/shdaily.shtml|title='Leftover' men buy brides from Vietnam|work=shanghaidaily.com|date=20 August 2014 |access-date=1 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510072715/http://www.shanghaidaily.com/feature/news-feature/Leftover-men-buy-brides-from-Vietnam/shdaily.shtml|archive-date=10 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/rural-chinese-men-are-buying-vietnamese-brides-for-3200-2014-8|title=Rural Chinese Men Are Buying Vietnamese Brides For $3,200|work=businessinsider.com|access-date=1 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213010153/http://www.businessinsider.com/rural-chinese-men-are-buying-vietnamese-brides-for-3200-2014-8|archive-date=13 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1576383/joy-and-pain-vietnamese-brides-cash|title=Joy and pain of the Vietnamese 'brides for cash'|work=scmp.com|access-date=1 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510131806/http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1576383/joy-and-pain-vietnamese-brides-cash|archive-date=10 May 2017|date=18 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/east-wed-china-seeks-brides-richer-poorer-040218390.html|title=The East is wed: China seeks brides for richer, for poorer|work=yahoo.com|access-date=1 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303095842/http://news.yahoo.com/east-wed-china-seeks-brides-richer-poorer-040218390.html|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/people/2014/08/22/seeking-vietnamese-brides/|title=Personals: Chinese men seek Vietnamese brides, will pay RM10,000, must relocate – People – The Star Online|first=Tom|last=Hancock|work=thestar.com.my|access-date=1 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510135529/http://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/people/2014/08/22/seeking-vietnamese-brides/|archive-date=10 May 2017|date=22 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kenh14.vn/the-gioi/cuoc-song-cua-co-dau-viet-tai-thi-tran-ngheo-o-trung-quoc-20140818075811320.chn|title=Cuộc sống của cô dâu Việt tại thị trấn nghèo ở Trung Quốc|last=VCCorp.vn|work=kenh14.vn|access-date=1 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619051818/http://kenh14.vn/the-gioi/cuoc-song-cua-co-dau-viet-tai-thi-tran-ngheo-o-trung-quoc-20140818075811320.chn|archive-date=19 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinasmack.com/2010/stories/chinese-man-spends-35k-for-obedient-vietnamese-wife.html|title=Chinese Man Spends 35K For 'Obedient' Vietnamese Wife|date=31 January 2010|work=chinasmack.com|access-date=1 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926151310/http://www.chinasmack.com/2010/stories/chinese-man-spends-35k-for-obedient-vietnamese-wife.html|archive-date=26 September 2016}}</ref>{{Excessive citations inline|date=March 2025}} Some Vietnamese women from [[Lào Cai]] who married [[Han Chinese]] men stated that among their reasons for doing so was that Vietnamese men beat their wives, engaged in affairs with mistresses, and refused to help their wives with chores while Han men actively helped their wives carry out chores and care for them.<ref>{{cite book|author=Yuk Wah Chan|title=Vietnamese-Chinese Relationships at the Borderlands: Trade, Tourism and Cultural Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cjoVAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA113|date=12 November 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-49457-6}}, p. 113.</ref> [[Khmer people|Cambodian women]] also travel to China as mail order brides for rural men.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/caixin-media/chinese-towns-imported-cambodian-brides|title=A Chinese Town's Imported Cambodian Brides|date=19 August 2014|work=chinafile.com|access-date=1 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110145246/http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/caixin-media/chinese-towns-imported-cambodian-brides|archive-date=10 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/the-cambodian-brides-of-china/immigration-cambodian-brides-matchmakers-weddings/c3s16538/ |title=The Cambodian Brides of China |access-date=2016-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307042433/http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/the-cambodian-brides-of-china/immigration-cambodian-brides-matchmakers-weddings/c3s16538/ |archive-date=2016-03-07 }}</ref> In the majority of cases, young women are persuaded by friends and relatives with an offer, and at least 5 percent of Vietnamese women in marriages to Chinese men are victims of human trafficking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Li |first=Wei |title=Matching Vietnamese brides with Chinese men, marriage brokers find good business – and sometimes love |url=http://theconversation.com/matching-vietnamese-brides-with-chinese-men-marriage-brokers-find-good-business-and-sometimes-love-127977 |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=The Conversation |date=10 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> There is no established bilateral cooperation between China and Vietnam to deal with the problematic aspects of undocumented, transnational marriages, since the Chinese marriage market crisis has been significantly alleviated by female immigrants. Despite prohibition, illegal border crossing and de facto marriage are common and uncontrollable.<ref>Liang, Maochun, and Chen, Wen. "[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273313260_Transnational_Undocumented_Marriages_in_the_Sino-Vietnamese_Border_Areas_of_China Transnational Undocumented Marriages in the Sino-Vietnamese Border Areas of China]." ''Jinan University''. Retrieved on 13 July 2022.</ref>