China's Booming Romance Role-Playing Industry Blurs Lines Between Fantasy and Reality

In China, a burgeoning industry allows young women to pay for scripted romance and manufactured intimacy through role-playing. This trend is fueling discussions about the blurring boundaries between fantasy and reality in relationships.

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‘This person loves you but doesn’t exist’: Inside China’s romance role-playing boom

In China, young women are paying hundreds of yuan to experience scripted romance, fuelling a booming industry built on manufactured intimacy. But as the boundaries between fantasy and reality blur, questions emerge about where those limits should lie.

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