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Trevor Noah hears a marriage pitch built on apartments and cars

A guest's account of Chinese-Ukrainian matchmaking leads to a Shanghai scene Noah recognizes: posters advertising potential partners.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 242,757 views a day, 8.9 times a normal first day on this channel (27,275).

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What did you think?

An apartment, a car and a stable job: those are the dating prerequisites Trevor Noah's guest lays out before the conversation turns to international matchmaking. Noah's response to her account of Chinese men finding Ukrainian partners is brief: "No ways."

The podcast excerpt drew roughly a quarter-million views in its first day, nearly nine times the usual start for a Short on his channel. Unlike the stand-up routines about accents and immigration featured here earlier, this clip puts Noah in the listener's seat.

His guest describes a social-media trend of Chinese men bringing Ukrainian women to China. She says some of the women post vlogs praising their partners' financial responsibility and care for their families. It's her account of the trend, rather than a statistical explanation of how common these marriages are.

The conversation then moves from online vlogs to a square in Shanghai, where she recalls seeing hundreds of matchmakers. Here, Noah recognizes the scene: he's seen posters carrying information about people's children. The guest points out that the notices don't even need a photograph.

"Just the data," Noah says, reducing the marriage pitch to its essentials.

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What viewers say

Trevor Noah's reaction to the data😂
@RaszinFlairZSee it on YouTube
Bro really went from searching for an apartment to international matchmaking [00:19] 💀
@just.live.it.officialSee it on YouTube
I remember Ukrainian matchmakers 20 years ago. I don't think this is new at all.
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