🔔#Earthquake (#地震) M4.3 strikes 124 km NW of #Mianyang (#China) 1hr 9min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1861551
Longshu (#Mandarin: 永新镇) is a town in #SantaiCounty, #Mianyang, #Sichuan, #China. In 2010, Longshu had a total population of 16,791: 8,818 males and 7,973 females: 2,317 aged under 14, 12,506 aged between 15 and 65 and 1,968 aged over 65.

"Aiming for a romantic display on a romantic day, a marriage registration office in the city of #Mianyang in #Sichuan Province decided to livestream the marriage registration ceremonies during this year’s festival which fell on August 22.

There was just one problem. Very few couples turned up to get married, according to those watching."

Young Chinese choose dating, staying single as marriage declines in #China | #PopulationCrash
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/9/22/marriage-declines-in-china-as-young-chinese-choose-dating-staying-single

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Marriage declines in China as young Chinese choose dating, staying single

The number of marriages falls from 13.5 million couples in 2013 to 6.8 million in 2022.

Al Jazeera