Due to gender-selective abortions under the one-child policy, China now faces a stark reality: 30 million more men than women, many of whom will never be able to find a wife. Matchmakers are coming to the men’s rescue. With the odds stacked against them, what kind of men can win the battle?

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Part 2: https://youtu.be/fZ8VVdGqqBM

00:00 Inside a Shanghai matchmaking agency

02:01 Meet the matchmakers

04:30 A client's preferences

08:23 Matchmaking that runs in the family

10:06 Why go to a matchmaker?

11:58 Dating at the matchmaking agency

16:03 Cong gets advice from a taxi driver

17:15 Conversation from a first date

19:20 "Everyone wants to find someone with good prospects"

20:07 A new client, Zhang

22:42 Working as a matchmaker

23:41 How clients' expectations have changed

24:28 Cong's next date

28:21 Zhang's first match

31:12 Inside the agency's war room

34:51 Cong's struggles

36:23 Will Guoxu meet his match?

38:18 Dating coach advice on Douyin

41:34 Finding a date a a bar?

43:26 Attending a friend's wedding

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About the show:

Young people in China are having a hard time getting hitched, and that spells a population crisis in a country where babies are rarely born out of wedlock. Matchmakers are tasked with turning the tide, but their mission is beginning to feel impossible.

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