The story of a Chinese man living in the Ukraine has set Chinese social networks abuzz, as many envy the lucky man who came from a humble background and ended up with a great career and a beautiful Ukrainian wife.
The story of a Chinese man living in the Ukraine has set Chinese social networks abuzz, as many envy the lucky man who came from a humble background and ended up with a great career and a beautiful Ukrainian wife.
Mr Mei said: ‘Chinese people couldn’t believe a guy as ugly and academically unsuccessful as me could have a gorgeous wife like that.’ He has set up a dating agency to help bachelors from the Far East look for East European wives through speed-dating events
The entrepreneur has set up a dating club to help ‘exceptional’ bachelors from the Far East find Ukrainian girlfriends through monthly speed-dating events.
Chinese-born Kharkiv-based Mei Aisi, 35, became an internet sensation in his motherland after sharing pictures of his Ukrainian wife, Daria Mei, on social media platforms.
‘Chinese people couldn’t believe (that) a guy as ugly and academically unsuccessful as me could have a gorgeous wife like (this),’ said Mr. Mei, who moved to the Ukraine in 2001 in search of a new life after failing his university entrance examinations in China.
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The businessman’s daily posts about his wife and their daughter, Alice Mei, have made him into a minor celebrity.
Mr. Mei’s wife, 23-year-old Daria, is a professional opera singer and 12 years his junior. She is tall, blonde and a typical beauty in the eyes of Chinese people.
Mr. Mei decided to set up Ulove Club after many men in China started asking him how they could find a wife as beautiful as his. Before setting up Ulove, he had a trading company and bronze valve factory in the Ukraine.
Mr Mei became famous in China after he started posting pictures of his wife, who is an opera singer, on his social media account. He said people couldn’t believe his wife is so pretty Photo: Daily Mail
People in China were amazed by his pretty partner Photo: Mothership
‘Compared to Ukrainian men, Chinese men are better husbands,’ said Mei Aisi, who referred to the Ukraine as ‘a land of beauties’.
‘Ukrainian men often have male chauvinism. They drink a lot and some might beat their wives. This happened to my wife’s sister.
Dress to impress: The female members, who are 20 years old in average, wear glamorous makeup and evening dresses while the male members travel from China especially Photo: Daily Mail
‘In comparison, Chinese men know how to care for their families.’
Based in Kharkiv, the Ukraine’s second largest city, Ulove is a matchmaking agency that connects talented Ukrainian women with exceptional Chinese men, according to Mr. Mei.
Female candidates as young as 17 wear glamorous makeup and evening dresses at the monthly speed-dating events to attract successful single men who travel from China to Ukraine in hopes of finding a pretty European wife.
Two Ukrainian women, who are a set of twins, told the reporter from Arrow Factory that they really like Chinese men because they are generous, considerate and adorable Photo: Daily Mail
A third female member wanted to tell the reporter in Mandarin that she hopes to visit the Great Wall of China. But what she said means ‘I’m going to build the Great Wall’ Photo: Daily Mail
On Ulove’s account on Weibo – China’s most popular social media app – female members hold signboards with Chinese characters to advertise themselves to eligible bachelors.
Some of the romantic messages read ‘would you like to have a cute Eurasian baby?’ and ‘I’m learning Chinese hard so that I can treat your ears with sweet words’.
Ulove’s female members hold signboards as advertisement as they appear on the club’s official account on Chinese social media. Photo: Daily Mail
Kharkiv-born Karalina, 21, who found a Chinese boyfriend through the club told Mail Online that compared to Ukrainian men, Chinese men are more caring.
She said: ‘In their culture, family comes first. Their temperament is gentle and they are willing to spend more time with their girlfriend.’
Karalina, who joined Ulove at the end of 2016, started dating Li Kefu, 35, after meeting the Chinese entrepreneur at a speed-dating event in May.
Mr. Li, who is from Shaanxi Province, said European women are more out-going and innocent compared to Chinese women. He said he had worked in Europe for a long time before and was in the Ukraine studying when he got to know Karalina.
Lucky man: Li Kefu, a 35-year-old entrepreneur from China, found a 21-year-old girlfriend through the Ulove club in June. Mr Li said European women are out-going and innocent Photo: Daily Mail
Mr Li and his girlfriend, Karalina, met at a speed-dating event in Kharkiv in May. Mr Li said He said he had worked in Europe for a long time before and was in Ukraine studying at the time Photo: Daily Mail
Although the couple don’t speak the same language, Mr. Li said it’s not a problem.
‘Sometimes, love is a matter of the expression in the eyes, a hand gesture or the simplest word,’ he explained, adding that he’s learning Russian and Karalina is learning Mandarin.
Karalina said she’s looking forward to moving to China as long as her boyfriend truly loves her.
Mr Mei said Ukrainian women marry young and most of Ulove’s female members are around 20 years old and university students. Above are two members, Kate (left) and Hanna (right)
Ulove Club is founded by Mei Aisi, 35, a Chinese man who has lived in Ukraine for 16 years. Mr Mei said he set up the club after many Chinese men asked him how to find a European wife
Looking for Mr Right: Female candidates blow kisses to the camera as they attend a speed-dating event organised by Ulove in Kharkiv, Ukraine, to meet successful Chinese bachelor
Good times: Male and female members at the Ulove club dance together during a speed-dating event held at a luxurious golf club in Kharkiv, a largely-Russian speaking city Photo: Daily Mail
Mr. Mei said Ulove Club currently has around 75 male members who are mainly middle-class businessmen from major Chinese cities, and more than 300 female members who are all Ukrainian.
Because women in the Ukraine tend to marry early – usually before 23 years old – the club’s female members are young, said Mr. Mei.
Since its establishment in December of 2016 the club has organized ten speed dating events and successfully introduced more than 20 couples. ‘Among them, five couples have announced their engagement,’ said Mr. Mei.
Looking to the future, Mr. Mei said he hopes to expand his international match-making business to neighboring countries, such as Belarus and Russia. He said: ‘Some people have accused our club of being a human trafficking ring or even international prostitution group. I want to stress that this is definitely not the case.
‘Everyone has the right to find happiness. There is no need to be judgmental because my members are just trying to find the love of their life.’
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