According to ABC News, researchers at the University of, James Cook, Wendy Li and Amy Forbes, recently conducted a survey of 30-75-year-old Australian men and Chinese women into families in northern Kunzhou, Australia-what is the status of marriage between China and Australia?
Research shows that many Chinese and Australian couples are unable to communicate when they get married, even through Google translators.
(photo source: ABC News)
It is reported that a total of 12 Chinese-Australian couples, participated in the survey.
Most of them met online, and six of them had a low level of English.
Researcher Li said-some of them have been married for a year or two, but still can't communicate in each other's language.
Some people are also using electronic translators and Google translators. But these translations often go wrong, as chickens talk to ducks, so they sometimes feel frustrated.
The lack of language has become the biggest obstacle between families set up in China and Australia!
With closer economic and trade exchanges between China and Australia, there will be more Sino-Australian families in the future, Li said.
However, due to limited English proficiency and cultural differences, these families live in foreign countries, and job opportunities will be greatly reduced.
Or even getting a job doesn't pay too much to lose faith in life and marriage.
(Sun Meidong, (Sun Meidong) and James Burke, an electrician, are examples of this.
Like most of the families set up in China and Australia, they belong to online love. They met each other on a dating website. After the two people together, very in tune, the relationship is also very harmonious, so entered into the temple of marriage.
Because considering the reality-wife Sun Meidong has a bit of English, and husband James is a blue-collar, in China, there is no good salary. So after marriage, they chose to settle in Australia.
Sun Meidong said to the Australian media: "for me, as long as the income is good, it does not matter where to live."
My husband, James, said: "I don't mind living in China, but I don't think my job is suitable for development there. In Australia, blue collar income is relatively higher! "
Fortunately, however, the real problems not only did not affect their sincere feelings, but also did not interfere with their normal family life.
Although Sun Meidong's English is not very good, he can not find a suitable job in the local.
But hard-working, with the support and encouragement of her husband, James, she borrowed some money from her mother-in-law, bought a food truck and began selling traditional Chinese food, dumplings.
Today, the mobile diner is doing quite well locally and is even a major source of income for their entire family.
James is truly proud of being able to marry Sun Meidong!
The better their lives are, the more stable their families are.
Currently, researchers Li and Forbes are conducting a second round of research that they hope will promote cultural exchanges between China and Australia.
At that time, to prepare for difficulties and enjoy a happy life, we will provide some help to some Chinese who are going to marry far away in Australia or to marry Chinese in a long-distance way, so that they can prepare themselves for difficulties and enjoy a happy life.