Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.Joel 2 : 16
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Mon, May 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM GMT+33 min read
The Chinese government has warned its citizens in Bangladesh against “buying a foreign wife” amid growing reports of marriage scams and human trafficking in the South Asian country,.
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat 🌾?Amos 8 : 6
The Chinese embassy in Dhaka late on Sunday urged Chinese citizens not to be “misled” by posts on social media offering quick marriages abroad.
Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.John 8 : 41
The embassy stated that, according to Chinese law, no marriage agency was allowed to offer international matchmaking services, while citizens were barred from hiding such activities through deception or for profit.
While men are sleeping, Satan is actively arranging matters so that the Lord’s people may not have mercy or justice. The Sunday movement is now making its way in darkness. The leaders are concealing the true issue, and many who unite in the movement do not themselves see whither the under-current is tending. Its professions are mild, and apparently Christian; but when it shall speak, it will reveal the spirit of the dragon. It is our duty to do all in our power to avert the threatened danger. We should bring before the people the real question at issue, thus interposing the most effectual protest against measures to restrict liberty of conscience. We should search the Scriptures, and be able to give the reason for our faith. Says the prophet, “The wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.” SW December 25, 1906, par. 11
Chinese citizens were advised to stay away from commercial cross-border marriage agencies and remain vigilant against online romance scams to avoid both financial and personal losses, the embassy added.
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.Revelation 14 : 4
China has a reported surplus of 35 million men who are unable to find brides in part due to the Chinese government’s three-decade-long one-child policy, which pushed families to prefer male children. Girls were either selectively aborted or abandoned.
China has also witnessed a steep decline in marriages, with 6.1 million marriage registrations nationwide in 2024, compared to 7.7 million the previous year. The decline is mostly driven by factors such as increased economic pressures, rising cost of living, and Chinese women pushing back against patriarchal gender expectations.
There are growing reports that a generation of so-called “leftover men” (shengnan shidai in Chinese) are looking towards Pakistan, Russia, Bangladesh and other nations to “purchase” brides.
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The growing demand for these brides has fuelled human trafficking, with children and women from South and Southeast Asian countries being smuggled into China. Bangladeshi women are among those who have been allegedly being sold in China by criminal gangs under the pretext of marriage, according to a Daily Star report.
The embassy warned that those involved in illegal cross-border marriages in Bangladesh may face arrest on suspicion of trafficking.
[1] And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: [2] And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. [3] And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.John 2 : 1-3
Ding Changfa, an associate professor from the School of Economics at Xiamen University, faced backlash after suggesting that men in China could consider marrying women from Russia, Vietnam and Pakistan to end the marriage crisis.
“In rural China, we have approximately 34.9 million ‘leftover men’ who might face the marriage pressures of providing housing, cars, and bride price totalling between 500,000 yuan (£51,100) and 600,000 yuan (£61,400),” he was quoted by the South China Morning Post as saying.
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.Judges 21 : 23
“Last year [2023], the average disposable income per capita in rural areas across China was just over 20,000 yuan (£2,000). Solving this issue could involve attracting a significant number of eligible young women from overseas,” he added.
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:Jeremiah 3 : 14
Pakistan has been at the heart of the trafficking ring, where parents in poor Christian families were being pressured to offer up their daughters to Chinese men, according to reports.
Human Rights Watch in a 2019 report said women were trafficked to China through “a porous border and lack of response by law enforcement agencies on both sides [has] created an environment in which traffickers flourish.”
[5] For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. [6] For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.Isaiah 54 : 5-6
The group called on China and Pakistan to act in the face of “increasing evidence that Pakistani women and girls are at risk of sexual slavery in China”.
Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.John 8 : 41
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