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From hiking to hotpot, lonely consumers in China fuel a $7.4 billion companionship economy

From hiking to hotpot, lonely consumers in China fuel a $7.4 billion companionship economy

World 16:03 02/06/2026

On the stone steps leading up Mount Tai, one of China’s best-known peaks, hikers can book and pay for “climbing buddies” to walk with them, carry bags and take photos for a few hundred yuan.