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Divorce: Why the big breakup in China 为何当今中国离婚高发 当今中国时代变迁,随着 1979 年改革开放后,中国经济腾飞,同时这也给中国 社会带来了巨大变化.比如人们离婚就不像以前那样还要背负羞耻和污名了. The times are changing in modern China. The economic miracle that followed the country's opening to the outside world after 1979 has dramatically changed social mores --- and getting divorced no longer carries the social stigma it once did.
In today's China, some 4,500 couples split up every day. More than 2.46 million couples divorced in the country last year -- nearly twice the number in 2001. 现在,中国每天约有 4,500 对夫妇离婚.去年,离婚人数超过了 246 万对,这一 数字几乎是 2001 年的两倍.
"The rise in divorce rate is expected because China over the years has been going through drastic social and economic changes," said Xu Haoyuan, a U.S.-trained psychiatrist who offers marital counseling on a Beijing radio hotline. "Views on sex and marriage have swung from one extreme to another -- from the extremely puritanical to the free-wheeling." 徐浩源(曾在美国攻读精神病学,现在北京一个电台热线栏目作婚姻咨询)说: "离婚率上升现象在当今经历了巨大社会和经济变化的中国是预料中的事" . "人 们对性爱和婚姻的看法从一个极端走向另一个极端——从保守变为开放. "
So, why are couples in China splitting up Experts have many explanations, but a key reason was the revision in 2003 of the marriage registration regulation, making it easier to divorce. 那么, 为什么现在中国有这么多离婚的人呢 专家们对此众说纷纭. 但其中导致 离婚上升最重要的一个原因就是 2003 年中国婚姻登记法的修改,它简化了离婚 的手续.
Before the change, couples seeking a divorce were required to get letters from their work units or neighborhood committees that explained and endorsed their reasons for breaking up. 在婚姻登记法修改前, 如果有夫妻要离婚, 那么他们就必须先到他们的工作单位 或居民委员会开证明文件,用以解释离婚原由和批准离婚的请求.
Those who did not want to be subjected to lectures, gossips and shame opted to stay
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miserably married. Under the new rules, if couples are not fighting over property rights or child custody, they can get their divorce in minutes. 那些无法承受别人闲言闲语和内心羞愧的人只好选择将这份痛苦的婚姻持续下 去.在新规定下,如果离婚双方对财产分配和子女抚养问题上没有异议的话,他 们就可以马上离婚.
Other reasons for the spike in divorce: increased social mobility, especially the relaxation of the "hukou," or household registration system, that has accelerated internal migration; the one-child policy, some negative effects of rapid economic growth on peoples' values, and the dramatic change in the status of women. 造成离婚的其他原因还有: 社会流动性增强,特别是户口限制条件的放宽更是加 大了中国国内人口的流动性; 计划生育政策;由于经济增长导致人们价值观的转 变;以及妇女地位的改变.

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