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With this click, I will thee wed

With this click, I will thee wed Updated: 2011-10-28 08:02 By Zhang Yuchen Online marriage game may be more than harmless romantic fantasy, Zhang Yuchen reports from Beijing. Qian and his "bride" - he said he doesn't know her real name - are two among millions of Chinese teenagers and adults who indulge in virtual marriage. "The Internet marriage itself is just a tool in terms of a game," an outlet for pressures and desires, said Sun Zhongxing, a sociology professor at Fudan University in Shanghai. "He speaks even less to us but he may linger online for quite a few hours and he keeps grinning foolishly at the monitor."

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