Surging property prices dash Chinese dreams

Young men in China are having their marriage prospects dashed because they cannot afford a home for their wife.

Young men in China are having their marriage prospects dashed because they cannot afford a home for their wife.

It is traditionally the groom’s role to buy the house, but rising property prices, fuelled by real-estate investors, is causing a major headache.

Al Jazeera’s Scott Heidler reports from Beijing.