As a parent of China adoption, I have been curious about how marital unions are formed in China due to traditions. I found the following information informative.
• 1950 – The year marriage laws were changed, allowing couples to marry outside of traditional arranged marriages. After the Marriage Law passed, it was “considered a landmark achievement for building a family, the basic unit of society, on the foundation of free will and equal rights since it formally ended the practice of arranged or forced marriages across the country.”
• 1980- The first time the Marriage Law was amended to include a ‘broken relationship’ as a precursor to divorce in modern society.
• In 2009, divorces increased by approximately 9%. The same year over 24 million people married and over 2 million people divorced. Extramarital affairs have become one of the most common reasons for divorce in the country. A higher number of people divorce in metropolitan areas as a result of an unfaithful spouse, while it is widely held that women in outlying rural areas are more tolerant with a lower rate of divorce for extramarital affairs.
• It is not common for women to remarry. Remarriage after divorce is considered socially inappropriate. A majority of women are not supported by community after remarriage. A high number of women report being mistreated by friends and neighbors after remarrying.
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