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Lightning round
I just listened to an interesting discussion on CRI about the phenomenon of 闪婚 – shan3 hun1 – or “lightning marriage” —marriage after very brief courtship. Apparently it’s common enough among young Chinese adults to marry a name and a discussion, which you can follow here.
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