A 25-year-old pregnant woman identified as Li was killed
by her husband on Thursday, February 25, in Zhoukou city, Henan
Province. On that fateful day, Li's husband brutally beat her then slit
her throat with a knife.
According to Dahe News, the couple had been married three years ago but it
wasn’t a happy relationship. The victim was often subjected to brutal beating by her husband and in one case it
was so severe that doctors suggested an abortion. The suspect has been taken into criminal detention, according to local police.
The tragic incident of abuse is not isolated as it highlights the severity of domestic violence that is
prevalent across China. A 2015 survey by the All China Women's Federation, shows that 30% of the 270 million
families were affected by family violence.
The survey revealed that 16%
of women were beaten by their partners and 14.4% of the surveyed male
population admitted to beating their wives. In China, 25% of the 400,000
divorces are attributed to domestic abuses.
China enacted its first domestic violence
law last year to address the growing rate of domestic violence. The law will finally come into effect on March 1, 2016
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