Divorce Record

21 Oct 2010 - After all the happy reports about marriages and weddings earlier this week, it is time for some reality. The number of couples seeking divorce every day on the mainland has reached 4,500, according to state media. The Civil Affairs Ministry said 848,000 couples registered for divorce in the first half of the year, up nearly 10% over the same period last year, the Legal Evening News said. The number of mainland couples splitting up has increased by nearly 8% every year since 2003, when the Government simplified regulations on divorce, the paper said. It is not clear if people also easier get married, and what the main reasons for the increase in break-up's is. Or did many Chinese married couples lead miserable lives, because it was simply too difficult - or expensive - to divorce?