27th November 2009: Platinum is replacing gold as the number one...

27th November 2009: Platinum is replacing gold as the number one choice for wedding-related jewellery in China, the Global Times reported yesterday (26th November).


According to estimates, roughly 143 million babies born in the country during its third 'baby boom' in the 1980s are now at the age considered most appropriate for marriage.


Indeed, the Ministry of Civil Affairs confirmed that the amount of couples tying the knot in China last year hit 11 million, representing a 10.8 per cent rise from the 2007 figure.