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Seeking Asian Female

Season 14 Episode 14 | 55m 25s  | Video has closed captioning.

Two strangers — an elderly American man and a young Chinese woman — pursue a marriage brokered by the internet, but they get more than they bargained for when she moves across the Pacific to start a new life with him in America, in this intimate and quirky, personal documentary about modern love.

Aired: 05/05/13

Expired: 01/12/17

Rating: NR

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