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Equation^^^, you just have to get a girlfriend or wife if you don't already have one.. I mean really.

Plenty of Asian women in Houston TX. If that's what you are looking for.

Originally Posted by bd popeye

Equation^^^, you just have to get a girlfriend or wife if you don't already have one.. I mean really.

Plenty of Asian women in Houston TX. If that's what you are looking for.

Married or girlfriend? Then how else can I enjoy all the variety of flavors that available to me? LOL...all kidding aside, I'm just not ready to get married at this time. There's too many things to do in this world.

Originally Posted by Equation

Married or girlfriend? Then how else can I enjoy all the variety of flavors that available to me? LOL...all kidding aside, I'm just not ready to get married at this time. There's too many things to do in this world.

you're in the land of the free, don't gate yourself to just asians. when you go to rome, do as the romans. hence, in america, you date white women. if you came to america and only date asians, that's like ditching wine for tea in france, or ditching ferrari for a scooter in italy.

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if you want to drink tea, do that in china. here you drink beer.

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Originally Posted by bd popeye

Equation^^^, you just have to get a girlfriend or wife if you don't already have one.. I mean really.

Plenty of Asian women in Houston TX. If that's what you are looking for.

If thats not "Equation" in the red sweatshirt at the end of the catwalk then he must have taken a few days off work and gone to Shanghai and participated in the event that is shown in one of your earlier posts.

"Visitors participate in a dating show at the second Shanghai Marriage Expo in Shanghai on May 27, 2012. Thousands attended the two date event. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/GettyImages)"

you know what i mean?

Originally Posted by CottageLV

you know what i mean?

Taking your words at face value., I'm pretty sure.

Originally Posted by CottageLV

you're in the land of the free, don't gate yourself to just asians. when you go to rome, do as the romans. hence, in america, you date white women. if you came to america and only date asians, that's like ditching wine for tea in france, or ditching ferrari for a scooter in italy.

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if you want to drink tea, do that in china. here you drink beer.

Believe me there are all kinds of beautiful women here in Houston of all races. You can't go wrong with either one.

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If thats not "Equation" in the red sweatshirt at the end of the catwalk then he must have taken a few days off work and gone to Shanghai and participated in the event that is shown in one of your earlier posts.

"Visitors participate in a dating show at the second Shanghai Marriage Expo in Shanghai on May 27, 2012. Thousands attended the two date event. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/GettyImages)"

LOL..give me a break bro, I'm bigger than that skinny guy in the red sweater! Yeah a lot of these fashion shows are usually run by college sororities and fraternities raising money off campus.

In China there's a shortage of potential brides so..



More men say 'I do' to mail-order Vietnamese women - Lifestyle News - SINA English

Vietnam's mail-order bride business is booming, fueled by surging demand from Chinese men who have given up hope of finding a compatriot wife and are lured by the prospect of a bargain bride bought in a group purchase. Though international marriage agencies are officially illegal, loopholes in China have allowed the industry to flourish and prompted calls from experts to regulate such businesses so they can be more closely supervised.

For a group purchase price of 30,000 to 40,000 yuan ($4,727-$6,303), an attractive Vietnamese bride aged between 18 and 25 can be "bought" from a marriage agency based in Yunnan Province, which regularly posts online advertisements.

Heading south for love

The agency, ynxn1314.com, is registered as a Chinese dating service in the provincial capital Kunming. It organizes group tours to Vietnam for single Chinese men and arranges dates for them with Vietnamese women selected from a catalogue as a possible mate for marriage.

The cost of the tour includes travel expenses, translation services, gifts for the women's families and the wedding ceremony. If dates fail or men are unsatisfied with the women they have chosen, the agency charges clients just 2,000 yuan for the tour. They also assume responsibility for finding clients a new bride if the first one flees after the wedding, according to a report by Kunming-based newspaper the Spring City Evening News.

The legal status of mail-order brides has been questioned in China since "group buying" of Vietnamese brides took off several years ago.

According to a State Council notification on international marriages in 1994, Chinese marriage agencies are not allowed to source spouses from other countries and individuals cannot engage in international matchmaking for profit.

Agencies found to have breached these regulations can be shut down by the police, civil affairs authorities and industry and commerce administrators; however, there is no concrete punishment stipulated by law.

Ynxn1314.com issued a statement online on May 19 outlining the legality of its business and distanced itself from the practice of "group purchasing" Vietnamese brides, which it termed "inappropriate."

"We're gathering Chinese clients for group tours to Vietnam to arrange dating activities, not group purchasing," an agency employee surnamed Hu told the Global Times, adding "more than 80 percent" of clients find brides.

All prospective brides who participate in the dates are willing to marry a Chinese suitor. Those who do tie the knot enter China with all legal documents, including a Vietnamese passport, a valid tourist visa and a health certificate.

Like all foreigners with a Chinese husband or wife, permanent residency in China can be obtained after five years of marriage.

Hu also said employees at the Chinese embassy in Vietnam can act as translators for Chinese men when they visit Vietnam seeking a wife.

Legal gray area

Similar agencies offering mail-order brides in China have sprouted across the country in recent years to meet growing demand. All exploit a flaw in the current law that does not specify detailed punishments for those found guilty of operating illegal matchmaking agencies, said Yang Xiaolin, a lawyer specializing in marriage law at the Beijing Yuecheng law firm.

"The State Council notification has created an opportunity for agencies to conduct illegal businesses for profit under the guise of legally registered consulting companies," Yang told the Global Times.

A Nanning-based marriage agency in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region compiles profiles on Chinese clients to help Vietnamese women decide if they are suitable husbands, who are physically healthy and financially secure.

"I know our business is not permitted by the Chinese government, but there is no punishment," said an employee from the agency, who only gave her name as Youyou. "Even if we are shut down, the marriages of our clients are still legal," she added.

Qi Huan, a researcher from the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies at the Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times that mail-order bride agencies have been active in China for decades.

"The Vietnam War compounded poverty in the country and sparked a serious gender imbalance with more women, many of whom search for husbands from wealthier countries," Qi said. Many mail-order brides from Vietnam marry husbands from Guangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang and Fujian, he added.

Debate over regulation

Not all marriages between Vietnamese women and Chinese men result in bliss, with some brides fleeing shortly upon relocating to China.

An official from the Vietnamese embassy in Beijing, who asked to remain anonymous, told the Global Times law enforcement authorities from both countries have teamed up for crackdowns on illegal international marriages and human trafficking.

"We know the agencies are illegal in China, and they have no connection with the Vietnamese government," the official said.

The Chinese government has given tacit consent to illegal international matchmaking agencies because there are too many of them to regulate, said Hao Pengfei, director of the China Social Work Association Working Committee on Marriage and Family at the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

"These agencies are cunning enough to con marriage registration officers into believing couples have married by free will, even if they haven't," he said.

The Chinese government should be more open on international couples who marry legally and on their violation regardless of whether their union is mediated by an agency, said Liu Guofu, an immigration law expert from the Beijing Institute of Technology.

"It's better if international marriage agencies receive governmental approval and are regulated according to law. Demand in the industry has led to more underground businesses, which are more difficult to deal with. It's always easier for the government to supervise and regulate, rather than crack down with force," Liu said.

A Long March 4C carrier rocket which carries Yaogan XV, a remote-sensing satellite, takes off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, north China's Shanxi Province, May 29, 2012. China launched its remote-sensing satellite Yaogan XV from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 3:31 p.m. local time (0731 GMT) on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

A cook takes a smoke break outside a restaurant in Beijing Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

A man holds an iPhone as he visits Sina's Weibo microblogging site in Shanghai May 29, 2012. China's Sina Corp has introduced a code of conduct for users of the local version of Twitter amid accusations of censorship to rein in what has grown into a raucous online forum to air political and social grievances. The code of conduct, first announced earlier this month, stipulates that users of Sina's Weibo microblogging site cannot post information that is against the principles of the constitution, cannot harm national unity, disclose state secrets or publish false information, among other rules.

An employee inspects the interior of a newly-made tire with a flashlight at a tire factory in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province May 29, 2012.

A man and a woman look at a smartphone at a shop in Beijing on May 29, 2012.

A man sleeps on his cart on a street in Beijing on May 29, 2012.

A locomotive runs at Xi'an Railway Station in Xi'an, Shaanxi province May 28, 2012. A gleaming new $1.4 billion airport extension, a $5.2 billion bullet train and Samsung's planned $7 billion electronics plant, touted as the largest single high-tech foreign investment in China, are sure signs of economic intent in ancient Xi'an. Along with a $1.4 billion subway, a crane-cluttered skyline and rapidly rising tower blocks shrouded in industrial smog that cloaks the 3,000-year old former dynastic capital, they show that fixed asset investment remains the main route to growth for China

A subway station construction site is seen next to a street in Xi'an, Shaanxi province May 28, 2012.

A woman serves food at a street stall in Beijing on May 28, 2012.

Commuters ride electric scooters as they make their way through a tunnel in Beijing on May 28, 2012.

Mainland Chinese visitors take part in a wine tasting session on Australian wine during Vinexpo Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong May 29, 2012. More than 14,000 visitors from 33 countries are attending the expo's seventh edition, the region's largest international wine and spirits exhibition, according to organisers.

Activists gather to form the Chinese character "ren" which means "human being", during a protest against the reactivation of the Taipower Kuosheng nuclear power station unit two, which was temporarily shut down due to safety concerns, in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei May 29, 2012.

An ethnic minority student looks on as his classmates take an afternoon nap in their classroom at a primary school in Wensu county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, May 29, 2012.

Chinese actress Cecilia Cheung poses as she arrives for the screening of the film 'Do-Nui Mat' (The Taste of Money) presented in competition at the 65th Cannes film festival on May 26, 2012 in Cannes.

Singer Christine Fan (C) hugs two girls taking part in the shoot of her new album "Together" during a press conference in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, May 29, 2012. (Xinhua)

awesome tracks, and trains
look at a country, look at the infrastructure
money well spent!

In China there's a shortage of potential brides so..

that's been a trend for soooo long
but you got to admit there is something alluring with those bamboo hats and long dresses

Originally Posted by paintgun

awesome tracks, and trains
look at a country, look at the infrastructure
money well spent!



that's been a trend for soooo long
but you got to admit there is something alluring with those bamboo hats and long dresses

It's happening in all parts of Asia and South East Asia in particular.

A Chinese child poses for a family photo beside a Spot-Eye Cichlid fish at the Beijing Aquarium on May 30, 2012. The aquarium is the largest in China and shaped like a huge conch shell. State media named it a 'Beijing civilized Tourist Scenic Spot' and it houses more than 1,000 marine species and freshwater fish.

Children view a Pacific white-sided dolphin at the Beijing Aquarium on May 30, 2012.

Technicians sit in a control room at the State Grid vehicle battery recharging and exchange station in Beijing on May 30, 2012. According to government sources, China is to set aside around two billion yuan (320 million USD) as part of drive to cut carbon emissions and produce energy-saving vehicles.

Former Argentine national coach Sergio Batista, left, and Shanghai Shenhua director Zhou Jun hold the club's jersey as they shake hands during a press conference Wednesday, May 30, 2012 in Shanghai, China. Batista became Chinese soccer club Shanghai Shenhua's new head coach.

A worker stands near molten steel flowing into a cauldron at a steel plant in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province Wednesday May 30, 2012.

Liu Qiaoying, whose family lost four fifth of the abalones in a red tide, demonstrates a handful of dead abalones in Suao Township of Pingtan County, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 29, 2012. Abalone farms in the offshore waters of Pingtan have suffered from a red tide that occurred on May 25. Direct economic losses could be estimated at 220 million yuan (34.8 million U.S. dollars), as more than half of the area's 100 million abalones have died as a result of the algal bloom. Local authorities are making efforts to help abalone raisers minimize their losses. [Xinhua/Zhang Guojun]

Ahead of the World Anti-Tobacco Day 2012, over 200 students from Zhentou Town middle school in China's Jiangxi Province form a live non-smoking sign. Additionally, their anti-smoking drawings and giant fake cigarettes aim to raise public awareness on the dangers of smoking. Statistics show China has over 0.3 billion smokers and 0.74 billion people suffering from second-hand smoke. About 1.2 million people die of tobacco- related illnesses every year. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

Students of Wendeng Red Army Primary School of Shandong Province perform traditional operas during a show in Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 30, 2012. Children across China joined in various activities in recent days to celebrate the upcoming International Children's Day, which falls on June 1. (Xinhua/Shen Peng)

Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs Rafik Abdessalem shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi (L) as the latter arrives to attend the 6th political and economic cooperation summit between the Arab League and China in Tunis May 30, 2012.

A man wearing rabbit ears sits on a street on May 31, 2012.

In these pictures taken on May 30, 2012, Chinese police take one (C) of 13 Chinese nationals seized by police in Sri Lanka over a 11.5-million USD telecom scam targeting people in China off the plane into custody upon their return back to Beijing. Most of the 482 people held were from China and Taiwan, as they were arrested there, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Fiji.

BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 30: Visitors view artwork in the 2012 Poly Spring Auction Exhibition at the National Agriculture Exhibition Centre on May 30, 2012 in Beijing, China. Beijing Poly International Auction scored 12.1 billion RMB (about US$ 2 billion) in 2011 and topped the first in Chinese art sales market.

A woman sits in her food stall on May 31, 2012. China's state news agency has sought to dampen hopes of a major stimulus package to boost the slowing economy following days of market speculation, it said in an online report on May 30.

Chinese bridal couples dance after their symbolic wedding in Fuessen May 31, 2012. 15 Chinese couples who already got married in China, travelled to Germany to repeat their promise of marriage at Neuschwanstein Castle, one of the most popular destinations in Europe.

Chinese brides pose after their symbolic wedding in Fuessen May 31, 2012.

Zhu Jun, owner of the Shanghai Shenhua football club kicks a ball before a friendly match between his team and Argentina CN Sports during the 2012 Shanghai International Football Tournament in Shanghai, May 31, 2012. Former Argentina manager Sergio Batista has been appointed head coach of Shanghai Shenhua to replace the sacked Jean Tigana, the big spending Chinese club said in a statement on Wednesday.

A labourer walks down the stairway of a ship under construction at a shipyard in Yueqing, Zhejiang province March 27, 2012. Chinese shipyards are offering to sell vessels at discounts of more than 20 percent as builders look to protect market share from higher quality Asian rivals and stay afloat amid a wave of consolidation, industry sources said. Picture taken March 27, 2012.

Bill, the mascot of the British and Irish Lions, poses with children inside a sport stadium in Hong Kong on May 31, 2012. Bill is being used to launch the one year to go programme celebrating the forthcoming rugby match between The British and Irish Lions and the all star Barbarians to be played in Hong Kong on June 1, 2013.

Workers make preparation on the Xiangjiang North Bridge in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 28, 2012. A five-month project to replace stay cables of the bridge started recently. The bridge is opened to traffic in 1991. It is the first time to replace the stay cables of the bridge thoroughly. [Xinhua]

Students of Baotou Road Primary School visit a ship of the coast guard in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, May 30, 2012. Children across China joined in various activities in recent days to celebrate the upcoming International Children's Day, which falls on June 1. [Xinhua]