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I wonder how much the one child policy has had an effect in making this type of industry prevalent in China.

With a one-child policy, the first generation you have no siblings. The next generation, you have no cousins.

Add to that the sex selection of many families choosing to have a son over a daughter as their one child, and you end up in this situation.

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... Seems unrelated. It would be fairly unusual to have siblings or cousins as bridesmaids or similar, I would have thought? It's generally friends.

I don't know how relevant the parent comment is but I will say it is very common and seemingly often expected for the wedding party to be in part family members.

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