aelephant comments on Economy gossip open thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: aelephant 28 October 2012 10:43:27PM 2 points [-]

I knew a female Chinese language student who dated a Chinese guy here in Shanghai. I also saw a white girl who married a rural Chinese guy on TV once.

Aside from those 2 examples, it has always been either 1) couples who came together or 2) white guy who gets a Chinese girlfriend.

My perception (which I think a lot of Western guys who come to China share) is that Chinese women make better partners because they aren't as spoiled & demanding as Western women on average. In other words, why marry a woman who doesn't even know how to cook when you could marry a woman who will share all of the responsibilities with you?

This is changing FAST, especially in big cities like Shanghai. Shanghaineese women have a terrible reputation, not only among expats but also among Chinese.

Comment author: MileyCyrus 29 October 2012 03:38:14AM *  1 point [-]

My perception (which I think a lot of Western guys who come to China share) is that Chinese women make better partners because they aren't as spoiled & demanding as Western women on average.

They're not worried about Chinese women trying manipulate them for a visa?

Comment author: aelephant 29 October 2012 11:32:10PM 0 points [-]

Maybe some are, but that seems more like something a politician would worry about. Yeah it would be tragic if you found out your wife never really loved you & was just playing along the whole time, but that could happen even without the visa. The visa is issued by the government, not the husband, so he doesn't lose much (maybe the application fees & so forth, presuming he pays for them).