Singles begging for love
By Xu Chi |
February 15, 2011, Tuesday
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Taking their cue from the success of an online campaign to rescue child beggars, single people looking for love are putting their pictures online in the hope that they, too, can be "rescued."
The campaign, which was launched ahead of yesterday's Valentine's Day, hopes to enable China's "overage" singles to find their Mr or Mrs Right.
The first campaign to "rescue" single women was started on Friday via the Chinese Twitter-like microblog on t.sina.com, with a similar motto to the child beggar campaign - "Upload pictures to change lives."
By yesterday, the campaign had attracted 22,135 followers, with many single women uploading their pictures and their contact information.
It has attracted wide attention especially from the group who refer to themselves as "overage single women," those women aged from 25 to 30 who are under great pressure, both from themselves and their families, to find a suitable partner and get married.
Another campaign aimed at rescuing single men was started on the same microblog platform. It attracted 11,891 followers just three days after it went online.
The man who set the campaigns rolling, Wang Chuan from Beijing, told the Youth Daily newspaper that he never expected the campaigns to have gained such popularity.
People taking part in the campaign can upload pictures of themselves with the photos and information available for all to see. Many of those who uploaded pictures said the campaigns had come at just the right time. It was a great comfort for them, especially on Valentine's Day, as they could start looking for a partner instead of sitting at home alone and feeling sad about the fact they were still single.
"I am happy to see the campaign after the beggar children rescuing program has become so popular on the Internet and set many of us in grief for the tragic fate of the children," said one participant. "I believe this campaign could "rescue me" by helping me find my Mr Right."
However, Shanghai lawyer Wu Dong warned people to only upload pictures of themselves and not pictures of others. That would violate people's right to privacy, he said.
Wu said the campaign was different to the child beggar campaign, where the public interest in rescuing lost children was paramount. In those cases, the courts wouldn't consider the uploading of photos of children without permission unlawful.
The campaign, which was launched ahead of yesterday's Valentine's Day, hopes to enable China's "overage" singles to find their Mr or Mrs Right.
The first campaign to "rescue" single women was started on Friday via the Chinese Twitter-like microblog on t.sina.com, with a similar motto to the child beggar campaign - "Upload pictures to change lives."
By yesterday, the campaign had attracted 22,135 followers, with many single women uploading their pictures and their contact information.
It has attracted wide attention especially from the group who refer to themselves as "overage single women," those women aged from 25 to 30 who are under great pressure, both from themselves and their families, to find a suitable partner and get married.
Another campaign aimed at rescuing single men was started on the same microblog platform. It attracted 11,891 followers just three days after it went online.
The man who set the campaigns rolling, Wang Chuan from Beijing, told the Youth Daily newspaper that he never expected the campaigns to have gained such popularity.
People taking part in the campaign can upload pictures of themselves with the photos and information available for all to see. Many of those who uploaded pictures said the campaigns had come at just the right time. It was a great comfort for them, especially on Valentine's Day, as they could start looking for a partner instead of sitting at home alone and feeling sad about the fact they were still single.
"I am happy to see the campaign after the beggar children rescuing program has become so popular on the Internet and set many of us in grief for the tragic fate of the children," said one participant. "I believe this campaign could "rescue me" by helping me find my Mr Right."
However, Shanghai lawyer Wu Dong warned people to only upload pictures of themselves and not pictures of others. That would violate people's right to privacy, he said.
Wu said the campaign was different to the child beggar campaign, where the public interest in rescuing lost children was paramount. In those cases, the courts wouldn't consider the uploading of photos of children without permission unlawful.
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