Wang Yang and Liu Hang make pledges at their marriage ceremony held in Tianjin on May 1. Wang is a 23-year-old junior at Tianjin Normal University and Liu Hang is a doctorate at Tianjin University. China's marriage regulation, into effect on October 1 last year, allows any one up to the marriage age to marry. Before that, students were not allowed to marry while studying for their degrees.

(China Daily May 3, 2004)