{
  "id": 19595554,
  "title": "Sky-High Bride Prices Fuel China’s Historic Marriage Drop",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/sky-high-bride-prices-fuel-chinas-historic-marriage-drop",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T01:43:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chiang Rai Times",
    "slug": "chiang-rai-times",
    "url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/china/chinas-marriage-drop/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "BEIJING — China’s marriage rate dropped to a record low in the first half of 2026, driven by soaring betrothal costs and strict real estate demands that have priced millions of young men out of matrimony, according to a report by The Infographics Show. Civil affairs data analyzed in the Nov. 5 report shows just […] The post Sky-High Bride Prices Fuel China’s Historic Marriage Drop first appeared…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}