Articles started commonly appearing ~6-8 years ago about that topic re China. The explanation most of them gave, from interviewing people in China that were act

Articles started commonly appearing ~6-8 years ago about that topic re China. The explanation most of them gave, from interviewing people in China that were actively making decisions about marriage, had to do with financial challenges in terms of affording it. The people being interviewed usually would talk about marriage being a formula, involving a certain financial context, and that they were putting off getting married because they had other financial obligations (liabilities or otherwise) that needed to come first. After the great recession era (~2008 forward) Chinese consumers noticeably started loading up on debt. Household debt went from being very modest to being a serious issue. Particularly their debt is a lot more expensive in China, their household debt to income ratio is increasingly dire. Chart: https://i.imgur.com/C0vnLKZ.png https://i.imgur.com/C0vnLKZ.png