World News and Trends: Adultery and divorce stalk China
article by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
In China the ratio of divorce to marriage has quadrupled in the last decade.
In addition, prostitution is now a boom industry in large Chinese cities. Family violence against women has also become a major problem.
Until 1980 adulterers could be sent to jail or punished by the neighborhood communes or companies for conduct unbecoming a Chinese citizen and employee. China's economic boom is not without its unwanted social spin-offs. (Source: The Independent on Sunday .)
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