China warns against marriage scams in Bangladesh
The state-run Global Times reported that the embassy cautioned Chinese citizens against falling for false "cross-data-border dating" content on short video platforms or looking for so-called "foreign wives" through unofficial networks or for-profit matchmaking services, both of which are illegal in China.
These cautions coincide with increased worries about Chinese bride trafficking. China is struggling with gender inequality as a result of its now-repeated one-child policy and cultural preference for males. An estimated 30 million Chinese males are known as "leftover men" because they are unable to find a bride. The need for foreign brides has increased as a result of this and declining marriage rates.
According to a recent Daily Star investigation, criminal organizations are purportedly behind the trafficking of Bangladeshi women, who are sold in china under false pretenses of marriage.
Chinese law prohibits persons from participating in cross-data-border matchmaking services for financial gain or via deceit, and marriage agencies are barred from assisting or disguising such services.
The embassy advised anyone who have fallen victim to romance or marriage scams to notify China's public security officials right away.
Additionally, it issued a warning that anyone caught in bangladesh participating in unlawful cross-data-border weddings could be arrested on suspicion of human trafficking.
Bangladeshi women have also been smuggled into neighboring india by similar networks. According to Al Jazeera, 11 people were detained by Dhaka police in 2021 for using TikTok to entice victims into the sex trade.