article_snippet: The incident echoed a common Chinese custom that revolves around men being asked who they would rescue if they mother
article_snippet: The story quickly went viral in China, where there is a chronic shortage of single women because China's one-child policy meant parents preferred male babies.
article_snippet: As a result there is a surplus of millions of single men who will never marry as, normally, a surplus of millions of single men who will never marry as, normally cannot find partners.