Divorce, Chinese Style / Susan V. Lawrence.
by Lawrence, Susan V; Arnett, Elsa C; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 7Family. Publisher: Far Eastern Economic Review (Syndicate), 2001; Knight-Ridder, 2001ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Abused wives | Divorce -- Vietnam | Women -- Vietnam | Divorce -- China | Marriage -- China | Marriage law | China -- Social life and customs | Vietnam -- Social life and customsDDC classification: 050 Summary: DIVORCE, CHINESE STYLE -- "Love, sex and marriage--hot topics in any society, but for Beijing they're an unusual excuse to encourage the sort of debate that's rarely heard in this one-party state." (FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW) This article focuses on the debate surrounding China's 20-year-old "Marriage Law" and analyzes "how far the state should go in policing personal behaviour."Summary: DIVORCE IN VIETNAM AN OPTION -- This article relays that divorce is now commonly accepted in Vietnam where "for centuries, women seeking divorce...subjected themselves to a lifetime of public scorn, disgraced their whole household, and doomed their children's hopes for marriage into good families." (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS).
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This MARC record contains two articles.
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Divorce, Chinese Style, March 15, 2001; pp. 64-66.
Originally Published: Divorce in Vietnam an Option, Jan. 7, 2001; pp. 1A+.
DIVORCE, CHINESE STYLE -- "Love, sex and marriage--hot topics in any society, but for Beijing they're an unusual excuse to encourage the sort of debate that's rarely heard in this one-party state." (FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW) This article focuses on the debate surrounding China's 20-year-old "Marriage Law" and analyzes "how far the state should go in policing personal behaviour."
DIVORCE IN VIETNAM AN OPTION -- This article relays that divorce is now commonly accepted in Vietnam where "for centuries, women seeking divorce...subjected themselves to a lifetime of public scorn, disgraced their whole household, and doomed their children's hopes for marriage into good families." (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS).
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