For Richer, For Poorer

Disputes surrounding bride prices are hard to eradicate as long as high marriage payment remains a trend in many places despite a new top court ruling, say experts

By Xie Xuewei
LIFE


Zhou Na, a 22-year-old mother-to-be from Guizhou Province, is thinking about leaving her fiancé. They met online and got engaged a year later. When the bride price – a sum of money given by the groom’s side in the form of cash, property or gifts – was...

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