Mr Yu and Ms Huang are just two of the thousands of young people trying to navigate China's modern marriage market.

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Mr Yu, the traditionalist, remains hopeful.

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The case only gained attention over the weekend after Mr. Yu published details of the incident on a popular social-networking site.

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