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evidence: Chinese-foreign marriages in mainland China are a recent phenomenon , and as China globalises , will become increasingly common .. mainland China. mainland China. From the founding of the People 's Republic of China -LRB- PRC -RRB- in 1949 until the early 1990s , Chinese-foreign marriages were seen as outside the norm .. While data from the PRC 's Ministry of Civil Affairs indicates that the number of couples registering a Chinese-foreign marriage in mainland China was almost ten times greater in 2010 than in 1979 , the figures for registered Chinese-foreign marriages are still relatively small compared to couples registered in a domestic marriage .. mainland China. mainland China. Ministry of Civil Affairs. Ministry of Civil Affairs. The data also suggests that most Chinese-foreign marriages are intra-national rather than international in character .. An article published by Elaine Jeffreys and Wang Pan , ` Chinese-foreign Marriage in Mainland China ' , in the University Nottingham 's China Policy Institute Blog notes that `` the most common type of Chinese-foreign marriage registered in mainland China until the late 2000s was between a mainland Chinese woman and a man from Hong Kong , Macao or Taiwan . ''. mainland China. mainland China. Hong Kong. Hong Kong. Macao. Macao. Taiwan. Taiwan. The article also reveals that these types of marriages are more common in Chinese women than they are in men .. The article states  :. `` Over 8,000 women registered such a marriage in 1979 .. That figure rose to nearly 68,000 women in 2001 declining to below 40,000 in 2010 , less than in the mid-1990s .. The proportion of men from mainland China registering a marriage with a foreign bride in mainland China is low  : 250 men in 1979 , rising to a peak of around 20,000 men in 2005 , and declining to less than 12,000 in 2010 . ''. mainland China. mainland China