一些中国单身男性正在通过人口买卖和跨国婚姻等非法或灰色途径，来解决婚姻问题。这些人中，有的出身贫困，有的身患残疾，有的年龄过大，有的离异后不再相信爱情，有的想寻找新的性伴侣。
2013年3月，三名中国单身汉各自向一家婚介所支付了38000元人民币，搭乘飞机前往越南买妻。各自经历了一段离奇曲折的旅程，有两个人实现了他们的愿望。
—2013
The history of buying wives is as old as the uneven status of men and women in China. Since 1949, the one-child policy has been carried for over 30 years, while the gap between rich and poor is widening, which has led to a shortage of brides, more and more Chinese and Southeast Asian women were lured and trafficked to remote regions of China in the past years, as well as the rural men who, like the three men in the story, sought to buy a wife.
Attracted by the publicity of the commercial marriage agencies, more and more leftover men are trying to solve their problems through illegal marriages. Some of them were born in poverty, some were above the normal age for marriage while some got divorced. After paying RMB 38,000 each to a Vietnamese Bride agent, three Chinese bachelors made it to arrive Vietnam in March 2013, hoping to purchase an ideal wife with the help of money. Some accomplished their wish while the others retreated with disappointment. But all of them experienced an absurd journey.
—2013
