Wednesday, 21 September 2011

For Love or Real Estate: The Cost of Getting Divorced in China

In China, nothing quite kills the romance like the threat of losing real estate. Last month, the country's Supreme Court rolled out a new interpretation of China's Marriage Law that changes the way property disputes are handled after a divorce. Since then, couples across China have been thinking more seriously about tying the knot: in the southwest city of Chongqing alone, marriage registrations fell by 30% in the weeks after the changes were made.
 
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2094016,00.html

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