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For every woman on a dating app in India, there are typically three or four men, reports the Wall Street Journal. In a country where arranged marriages are still extremely common, many women are concerned that dating is too stigmatized or too dangerous.

The big picture: India and China have two of the largest and fastest-growing populations of smartphone users in the world, a big draw for dating apps. But cultural barriers keep some apps from taking off in Asia as they have in the U.S.

After HBO’s John Oliver mocked Chinese President Xi Jinping and China’s human rights record last week, internet users in China were blocked from accessing HBO’s website over the weekend, per The New York Times.

The trend: Xi has long been trying to control what he sees as traditional Chinese values through web site and social media censorship in an effort to avoid social unrest. And this isn’t Oliver’s first time has been hit by China's strict controls — last week, Chinese authorities blocked all mentions of his name on Weibo, China’s Twitter.

Meituan-Dianping, a Beijing-based company that offers on-demand services like food delivery and hotel booking, has filed to go public on Hong Kong's stock exchange later this year.

The details: Meituan-Dianping is reportedly seeking to raise between $4 billion and $6 billion through its IPO, at an ambition valuation of $60 billion. In 2017, the company had a net loss of $2.9 billion (19 billion yuan), much more than in previous years, though it also had $ 5.2 billion (33.9 billion yuan) in revenue, more than twice its revenue in 2016.

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, who is leading President Trump's Middle East peace team, gave an interview to a leading Palestinian newspaper, which was published today. The White House has released a transcript in English. The key quote:

"[Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas] has his talking points which have not changed in the last 25 years. There has been no peace deal achieved in that time. To make a deal both sides will have to take a leap and meet somewhere between their stated positions. I am not sure President Abbas has the ability to do that."

Why it matters: Axios contributor Barak Ravid, who scooped news of the interview yesterday, notes that it marks an effort by the White House to speak directly to the Palestinian people before unveiling its Middle East peace plan, which Abbas' Palestinian leadership has said it will not even read.