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Like any commodity, she is subject to supply and demand. "In recent decades it has become a trend in China for a man to give his wife-to-be's family a cash sum, like a reverse dowry. But the "bride price" has been rising, particularly  in poorer rural areas  where there are fewer potential wives, reaching more than 100,000 yuan ($14,000; £12,000) in some places."