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How was Taiwanese marriage for money over love
?
According to
Wikipedia (2022-1-23, 2021-11-28): The
number of crude
Divorce Rate
in Taiwan is higher than that in most countries
of
Asia & Pacific, such as Vietnam, Mongolia, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan,
Singapore, Australia, New Zealand etc.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce_demography ).
Mainland China's divorce rate was worse than Taiwan's. Telegraph (UK,
telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8714097/China-tries-to-stop-women-marrying-for-money-rather-than-love.html)
reported the situation "Most
pretty girls now try to trade on their beauty. It is an unhealthy trend"
;
'With
divorce rates soaring, and widespread worries about a new culture of
hyper-materialism, the Chinese government is now trying to stop women marrying
for money'.
Are Taiwanese
poor so as to
choose money over love ?
According
to
Credit
Suisse, Research Institute
(2023),
Taiwanese' "Median wealth per adult", USD
108,250, is higher than Americans'
USD107,740
(ubs.com/global/en/family-office-uhnw/reports/global-wealth-report-2023.html);
In Sept., 2022, Taiwanese USD 113,940, Americans USD93,270 (credit-suisse.com/about-us/en/reports-research/global-wealth-report.html). On
the report of June
2021,
Taiwanese
USD 93,044, American
USD79,274.
On the report of IMF (International
Monetary Fund , 2022, 2021),
GDP per capita (PPP)
of Taiwan
is higher than that of Canada.
(
imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPPC@WEO/POL/GRC/ITA
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
) Allianz
Global Wealth Report (Oct. 12, 2022
allianz.com/content/dam/onemarketing/azcom/Allianz_com/economic-research/publications/specials/en/2022/october/12-10-2022-GlobalWealthReport.pdf)
:
With net financial assets per
capita
of 138,220 euros (US$134,364),
Taiwan ranked first in Asia, and fifth globally (higher than Canada).
Furthermore,
the percentage of college degree Taiwanese is more than that of Americans.
A very famous writer, Eileen Chang (張愛玲), has a saying : "Marrying for financial security is nothing but being a prostitute for long term". However, <the China Times >, Oct. 30, 2010 : "Sneering at the poor instead of the prostitutes" (「笑貧不笑娼」) is Taiwan's social value system . The Liberty Times, 2015-5-15 , talk.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/1318118 "Welcome to the times" ─ "Laughing at the poor instead of the prostitutes" 。 By contrast, CNN, 2016-10-7 (edition.cnn.com/2016/10/07/health/infidelity-breadwinners-cheat-husband-wife/index.html) reported that in four out of 10 households with children, women are the sole or primary breadwinners, based on a 2013 report by the Pew Research Center...more and more women become the sole or primary breadwinners ... The 'gold-diggers' or pretty swindlers back to the future to barter with the rich guys ─ each takes what he/she needs and gains what he/she worths ─ huge money or a green-card (permanent residency in the US worths USD 1.5+ millions)...... Those "high-end" materialistic girls at heart are similar to "low-end" mail-order brides. Wikipedia (2021-12-21, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail-order_bride) "Motivations and stories" reported that most of Asian mail-order brides come from 5 countries including Taiwan. Medium (US, 2017) said "Often, people who do not marry for love are judged for their decision". Daily Mail (UK), 2021-10-21: A British woman is accused of 'teaching her daughters to be gold diggers' after admitting she'll advise them that wealth and earning potential is more important than marrying for love... some took it as far as comparing it to 'sex work'. Money matters in marriage. But money can't buy you love (Wall Street Journal at 2020-11-21, Brigham Young University, 2012). Friedrich Engels (German philosopher, critic of political economy) : marriages based on love are moral. New York Times, 2014-3-9: "In the days of old, the economic basis of marriage was made explicit... Now it has been replaced by romantic love". Pew research Center, 2013-2-13: Americans believe that love is the main foundation of marriage. (pewresearch.org/social-trends/2013/02/13/love-and-marriage/) Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, 2016-6-10: "marriage is regarded as strictly for those who've declared their romantic love"'。 People's Daily online (China), 2012-10-29: According to mainstream values, true love is a precondition for good marriages...money marriage is the "hell of soul" worse than the "tomb of love". Rodman (MarketWatch, 2019): "when life gets tough — and it always does — it's the love that will sustain you, not the cash". Debts might bring unhappiness to marriage, but a research ( 2014 ) in Emory University found that wealthier couples don't necessarily last longer than those who earn less, and the more you spend on a wedding ceremony, the shorter the marriage. Many marriages of the celebrities in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China are short - such as Alexander、Leehom Wang(王力宏): 8 years˴ Cynthia Wu (Shin Kong Life Insurance vice president) Jhih-Yan Lin (Hua Nan Financial Holdings Vice President ) 2 yrs. ˴ Chin Han (秦漢 Sun Siang-chong) , Shao Chiao-Ying 9 yrs. ˴ Barbie Hsu(大S) 10 yrs.˴ Lin Ching-Hsia / Brigitte Lin (林青霞) , Charlie Chin (fiancé) 4 yrs. ˴ Huang Xiao Ming (黄晓明) 5+ yrs. ˴ Chang Chia-Chen (甄珍) Patrick Tse Ka Yuk (謝賢) 2 yrs. ˴ Steven Liu (劉家昌) Chiang Ching (江青) 4 years ˴ Steven Liu (劉家昌) Chang Chia-Chen (甄珍) 9 years ˴ Annie Yi (伊能靜) , Harlem Yu 8 yrs. ˴ Stella Chang (張清芳) 15 yrs.˴ Winnie Ho (何妤玟) 8 yrs.˴Belle Yu (于美人)15 yrs.˴ Fukuhara Ai (福原愛) 4+ years ˴ Kao Kuo-hua, Tsai Yu-hsuan (高國華, 蔡郁璇) 8 yrs. ˴ Gillian Chung (阿嬌, 鍾欣潼）1 yr.˴ Kao Kuo-hua, Chen Tzu-hsuan (高國華, 陳子璇) 10 yrs.... (They may divorced for different reasons) . They may had both bread and romance, but money can't save marriage. China Times, editorial, 2021-12-30 (chinatimes.com/opinion/20211229004676-262101?chdtv): Politician 楊秋興 exposes 80-90% of Taiwan's lawmakers have affair (or sex scandal, "緋聞").
In
Science
Daily (Feb. 8, 2012), Brigham Young University noted
: "Couples
where both spouses are materialistic were worse off on nearly every measure.
When both partners are materialistic, they are better off financially –
but money is a bigger source of conflict for them".
Telegraph (UK,
2011-8-21),
says: In China,
"almost half of all divorces see a court squabble over the
family assets". Wall Street Journal, 2020-11-21: 'getting and losing money activates the same pleasure and pain centers in the brain, respectively, as falling in love and having your heart broken'. Education should be a better means for "poverty alleviation" or getting money. According to Wikipedia (Dec. 25, 2021), 45 percent of Taiwanese aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor's degree or higher. By contrast, the percentage of Americans is only 37.5% in 2020 ( statista.com/statistics/184260/educational-attainment-in-the-us/#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20about%2037.5%20percent,population%20had%20graduated%20from%20college. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Taiwan#:~:text=Due%20to%20its%20role%20in,a%20bachelor's%20degree%20or%20higher. ) But it appears lots more Taiwanese than Americans try to get money by using marriage, although some do need a marriage to be wealthy in modern Taiwan.
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