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This Valentines Day, many romantics found dates through 2RedBeans, an online dating service focused on matching Chinese - Americans. "I met her 6 months ago through 2RedBeans and I felt a growing chemistry throughout our conversations," says Li, a Chinese-American who works for a high-tech company in Silicon Valley and declines to give his first time. "I was already in love with her before I even set eyes on her." "I was skeptical at first about using a dating website to find love," he says, adding that he had no prior experience with online dating. "I'm so glad I gave it a try." Now, they have officially been a couple for three months, and Li said he is confident about his new relationship. More and more people are finding love online. Even Zhao Qinghua, the founder of 2RedBeans, met her future husband on the website she established to help Chinese-American singles find love. Zhao, who has a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of California-San Diego, started her entrepreneurial endeavor after working at Broadcom as a software engineer. "Like many entrepreneurs, I started 2RedBeans with my friends to solve our own problems, finding dates that could lead to a life partner," Zhao says. Zhao said it was difficult to meet other people with similar cultural backgrounds and values. "Since popular US dating sites like Match.com and eHarmony are not focused on matching Chinese-Americans, it is often hard for us to find people who have the same cultural values," she says. In contrast, 2RedBeans' matching algorithm focused on characteristics that are more relevant to the Chinese, such as arrival date in the US and zodiac signs. Zhao and her team also decided to make the site very interactive to encourage people to communicate with each other early on. "Chinese by nature are very shy, which decreases their opportunities to meet other people," she explains. "We try our best to increase the interaction and in turn to increase their chances of finding someone." Over the past three years, the website has hosted more than 200 offline dating activities across North America. On Valentine's Day, it held singles parties in cities including Washington DC, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Vancouver. A partner with China's popular dating show If You Are The One, the dating website assisted on the 2012 North American special episode. 2RedBeans is now the co-organizer of the 2014 US edition of One Out of a Hundred, another popular Chinese matchmaking show hosted by Shanghai Dragon TV. "The US edition of the show One Out of a Hundred is intended not just to be a dating show, but also a window for people in China to have a peek into the lives of people in the US, their value systems, their criteria for a mate, and their lifestyle," Zhao explains. "In only 10 days, we've already had more than 290 applicants to the show, including actresses, engineers, professors, real estate agents, many amazing singles," she adds. As the largest Chinese dating site in North America, 2RedBeans has more than 200,000 registered users. Zhao expects 2RedBeans will grow and saturate the US and Canadian market in 2014, adding it will then be expanding to other countries where there are many Chinese immigrants. "We are pushing out our mobile apps so that singles can get access to other singles on the go. We are also working on something that can bring singles offline to meet each other quickly," she says. As for the total number of 2RedBeans matches that lead to marriage, Zhao said the conservative estimate is at least one couple per day. "For matches that become girlfriend or boyfriend, I'd imagine that's a much larger number," she adds. Jin, a 38-year-old Chinese American who lives in Fremont, California and declined to give his first name, started a relationship two months ago through 2RedBeans. After some general chitchat and the first date, Jin said things moved really quickly. "I have tried Match.com and eHarmony before. However, unlike 2RedBeans, I never had a serious offline date with someone," he says. "I feel US dating sites are more casual dating oriented. "To me, or many Chinese-Americans, we start our experience with the purpose of marriage. 2RedBeans has narrowed the dating pool based on the same background and that made it much easier for me to find the right person." By Yu Wei in San Francisco ( China Daily) |
今年的情人節(jié)，許多浪漫主義者通過“兩顆紅豆”成功約會(huì)?！皟深w紅豆”是專為美籍華人尋找另一半的交友網(wǎng)站。 “6個(gè)月前，我通過‘兩顆紅豆’認(rèn)識(shí)了她，交流后便對(duì)她產(chǎn)生了好感?！崩钕壬f。只愿意透露姓氏的李先生在硅谷的一家高科技公司工作。“沒見到她之前，我便愛上她了。” “開始時(shí)我對(duì)網(wǎng)上尋愛也有所懷疑?！彼f。他還補(bǔ)充道，他對(duì)網(wǎng)上約會(huì)沒有經(jīng)驗(yàn)。“我很開心自己做了嘗試?！?/p> 現(xiàn)在他們已經(jīng)結(jié)婚3個(gè)月了。李先生說他對(duì)這段婚姻很有信心。 越來越多的人在網(wǎng)上尋愛?！皟深w紅豆”的創(chuàng)辦人趙清華也是在她自己創(chuàng)建的網(wǎng)站上遇見她未來丈夫的。這個(gè)網(wǎng)站旨在幫助單身美籍華人尋找真愛。 趙清華在加利福尼亞圣地亞哥分校獲得電氣工程博士學(xué)位，畢業(yè)后在美國博通公司做一名軟件工程師。 “與許多企業(yè)家一樣，我和朋友創(chuàng)建了‘兩顆紅豆’幫助解決我們的個(gè)人問題，與可能結(jié)婚的人約會(huì)。”趙清華說。 趙清華說，想要遇見擁有相似文化背景和價(jià)值觀的人很困難。 “美國流行約會(huì)網(wǎng)站如Match.com和eHarmony并不關(guān)注美籍華人。對(duì)我們來說找到擁有相同文化價(jià)值觀的人實(shí)屬不易。”她說。 相對(duì)而言，“兩顆紅豆”的配對(duì)法專注于中國人關(guān)注的特性，如抵美時(shí)間和屬相。 趙清華和她的團(tuán)隊(duì)還決定采納網(wǎng)站互動(dòng)模式，鼓勵(lì)人們彼此交流。 “中國人天性比較害羞，這就降低了他們與其他人相遇的機(jī)會(huì)?！彼忉尩?，“我們盡力增加交流，這樣會(huì)提高他們找到另一半的機(jī)率?！?/p> 在過去的三年，網(wǎng)站在北美舉辦了200多場(chǎng)線下約會(huì)活動(dòng)。在情人節(jié)當(dāng)天，網(wǎng)站還在華盛頓、紐約、波士頓、舊金山、洛杉磯和溫哥華等城市舉辦了單身派對(duì)。 網(wǎng)站還與中國流行約會(huì)節(jié)目《非誠勿擾》合作，協(xié)助舉辦2012北美專場(chǎng)?！皟深w紅豆”現(xiàn)在是2014年美版《百里挑一》的合作商，《百里挑一》是上海東方衛(wèi)視舉辦的一個(gè)流行相親節(jié)目。 “美版《百里挑一》不僅是一個(gè)相親節(jié)目，同時(shí)還是中國人了解美國人生活的窗戶，看看他們的價(jià)值體系，他們對(duì)另一半的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)還有他們的生活方式?！壁w清華解釋道。 “10天內(nèi)就有290多位報(bào)名者，包括演員、工程師、教授和房地產(chǎn)商，眾多優(yōu)秀的單身者?！?/p> 作為北美最大的中國約會(huì)網(wǎng)站，“兩顆紅豆”有超過20萬的注冊(cè)用戶。趙清華希望“兩顆紅豆”網(wǎng)站在2014年可以擴(kuò)展進(jìn)入美國和加拿大市場(chǎng)，然后慢慢擴(kuò)展到其它擁有眾多華人移民的國家。 “我們正在推出自己的手機(jī)應(yīng)用程序，這樣單身者在忙碌中也可以與其他單身者交流。我們也在努力工作，讓單身者下線時(shí)也可以快速見面?！彼f。 趙清華說，通過“兩顆紅豆”喜結(jié)連理的夫婦總數(shù)量據(jù)保守估計(jì)每天至少一對(duì)?！俺蔀槟信笥训囊嗟枚??！彼a(bǔ)充說。 38歲的美籍華人金住在加利福尼亞菲蒙市，他只愿意透露自己的姓氏。兩個(gè)月前，他通過“兩顆紅豆”開始了一段新戀情。 金說，我們就是隨便聊天，然后有了第一次約會(huì)，事情進(jìn)展的非常快。 “以前我也試過Match.com和eHarmony網(wǎng)站。但是，和‘兩顆紅豆’不同，我從沒試過一次正式的線下約會(huì)。”他說，“我覺得美國的交友網(wǎng)站大都是休閑約會(huì)型的?！?/p> “對(duì)我，或?qū)Ρ姸嗟拿兰A人來說，我們都是以結(jié)婚為目的?！畠深w紅豆’為我們縮小了約會(huì)范圍，大家擁有相同的背景，這讓我更容易找到自己的另一半。” （譯者 catherine珊 編輯 丹妮） |
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