Shi Wenmao, 23, holds a banner during a mass match-making event in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin Province, July 30, 2006. The Chinese characters on the banner read "My registered number is 6681, Shi Wenmao wants to be the ideal son-in-law." [Li Hongliang/New Culture Newspaper]

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