China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and the Philippines are obvious examples of countries where premarital relationships among young people are common and often accepted. The same is less visible for Indonesia and Thailand. Malay Malaysia (as opposed to Chinese Malaysia)is rather strict in its attitude against premarital sex.

However, any permissive attidude towards premarital sex is likely more pronounced in big cities than in small towns.

Western men who are in Asia for sexual exploits usually have a preference for big cities, especially when they are in a country for only a limited time.

But while foreigners will be more likely to score at all in a non-marital relationship in a big city, the quality of their likely sexual partners will just be so-so.

Even if they should be willing to enter a marriage, the quality of possible partners will often be rather low. The competition landscape works against anybody who is not ideal.

The above elaborations, especially those of part 1, have all been rather theoretical. But they are based on practical experience.

In Germany, I did much better as a small-town newspaper editor than as a TV journalist in Munich, Germany's most fashionable town.

In Indonesia, the capital, Jakarta, is a more difficult place to date young women than most other Indonesian cities. Even if a man genuinely seeks a young and beautiful Indonesian wife, his chances are worse than in other parts of the country.

In China, in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, foreigners are not an attraction... unlike what is the case in other cities in China. In China, were women have a fairly accurate feeling of their sexual marketvalue, foreigners will have a very hard time to net a young and definiely beautiful woman in Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou, whatever their relationship goal (even if it is a formal marriage).

The chances are much, much better in small towns, where a foreigner is a genuine attraction.

Now, dont' get me wrong. Not every small town in China is an excellent option. But some are. By contrast, I can assure you that the girls and women you can net in the largest Chinese cities will neither be the youngest, nor the most beautiful.

In Thailand, it's a similar story. In Bangkok, you can never be sure what we get. She may be a young divorced woman with child, or even an active prostitute. In a small town, you have a serious chance to get a teenage virgin, if you are willing to enter at least a non-formal marriage.