1.3. --- Young people market - Hight, Weight, Age and Salary - it's all that counts

The first blasting culture shock didn't keep us waiting long. In one of the main parks of Shanghai we encountered something new: parents advertising their children (supposedly for marriage). Hundreds of A4 papers filled-in with the "products" year of birth, height, weight and monthly income are put out in the street by the "manufacturers" of the "merchandise". Very few pictures - I guess they wouldn't want to scare a potential customer right away. :-) Parents discussing with one another if their kids would make a good couple, if all conditions were satisfactory and so on. A shocker... for us. A norm... for them.

Hundreds of posts... It's bigger than facebook. :-) (click on the image to enlarge).

Parents finding an agreement. (click on the image to enlarge).

Me. Interested in a female prospect. Check her out - a nice lady. I let you guess what's written there (click on the image to enlarge).

A nice male product for one of our dearest colleagues - Dorothee Thibault. A very nice guy it would seem (click on the image to enlarge).