status is a requirement. of course it's not the only thing that counts but it is a factor. for well heeled clients the match makers will keep looking for as long as it takes the agency success stories line the halls trophies in the hard for chinese marriage market. at this park in shanghai matchmaking takes a more traditional form parents are here on their children's behalf the notes on the umbrella's brag about their children's accomplishments a degree from abroad a job at a foreign company a good salary owning an apartment is a major draw parents of china's one child generation worry that son or daughter will never marry and never have children. by the time singles are in their mid twenty's. and being nagged about wedding plans.