Information on divorces for the year 2014 has been made public by China’s Ministry of Public Affairs, showing that there were 3.63 million divorces legally filed last year. This was a 3.9% increase in divorce filings from the previous year, and stays in tune with a steady 12-year trend of increasing divorce rates.
Over 40% of marriages end up in divorce within three years, and post-80’s generation couples are the main demographic driving the statistic.
Analysts looking at these numbers attribute them in part to a communication gap between couples.
Source: m.thepaper.cn
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Wow, 40%, I'm speechless. Sometimes married tends to be viewed too much as transaction, a practicality in East Asian culture. Don't get me wrong, the West still leads in this department, but damn did China catch up quickly?! Lol
Jul 03, 2015 19:11 Report Abuse
I am tired of divorced and single chines moms that chase foreigners to get married and have a second baby. They know that Chinese will never choose them to marry so they target stupid foreigners.Also there is another fat and ugly girl who has masters degree in finding handsome foreigners. Why don`t young and pretty chinese girls go after foreign guys? Because these girls know that they can milk chinese old dudes with round face more easily.
Jul 02, 2015 11:56 Report Abuse
LMAO "Analysts looking at these numbers attribute them in part to a communication gap between couples." What's there to communicate between two zombies?
Jul 02, 2015 10:27 Report Abuse
"Over 40% of marriages end up in divorce within 3 years..." Over 90% of those remaining married looking for, or having extra-marital affairs, or figuring the best death threat to exhort maximum cash.
Jul 02, 2015 09:59 Report Abuse
Communication gap? Everyday I see couples, friends, and classmates at dinner together- faces pointed down at their individual phones, hands senselessly throwing food in the direction of their mouths, hoping a crumb or two will enter and be digested.
Jul 02, 2015 06:20 Report Abuse
Well, more divorced ladies on the scene then? Foreign guys and Chinese guys can both be happy about this
Jul 02, 2015 02:18 Report Abuse
A divorced lady in China may as well be a hooker. Years of repressed sexuality funneled into a single, failed marriage. A mention of divorce and she's running to every foreigner in sight to beg for a revenge baby (actually happened to me), an actual divorce and she's pole dancing, hammered off two beers, in a bar that smells like vomit.
Jul 02, 2015 06:22 Report Abuse
"communication gap between couples" how well can you communicate with someone you married after meeting earlier this year?
Jul 02, 2015 02:16 Report Abuse
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