Xiaotu paid for a personal advertisement on a electronic billboard at a local subway to find his soulmate, and pictured are commuters 
heading to the subway platform during rush hour in Beijing in 2020.
Mandatory Credit:	Kevin Frayer/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

Xiaotu paid for a personal advertisement on a electronic billboard at a local subway to find his soulmate, and pictured are commuters
heading to the subway platform during rush hour in Beijing in 2020.
Mandatory Credit: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

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Xiaotu was looking for a soulmate but the typical routes of meeting people on campus or swiping online dating apps just weren’t cutting it for him.