Dealers attribute it to the advent of Lunar New Year in China and wedding season in India.

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Bride Deniz Tura told us that three of her friends are coming from China for the upcoming wedding.

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We had done international expansion in other places but with China, it's the largest wedding marketplace in the world.

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In 2011, the company set up a joint venture in China to bring its expertise in training wedding planners to the country, where many young couples want help figuring out how to best spend the thousands of dollars they have been given to celebrate their nuptials.

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Washburn is turning the story to a book about golf in China, having followed Zhou from the courses to his wedding and even his remote home village.

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In China, they are looking to the West to make new wedding traditions.

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We did get my grandmother's silver and our wedding silver out, but I'm saddened to have left behind my grandmother's dresser, china cabinet and corner hutch.

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