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What Is China's 'Cooling Off' Law? Divorce Rates Drops 70% As Critics Warn Of Domestic Violence Increase 05/19/21 AT 2:18 PM A controversial new law in China has influenced the divorce rate, which plummeted more than 70% in the first quarter of 2021, according to reports. The divorce rate drop comes after a law passed in May 2020 that required couples to wait 30 days before they formalize a divorce, otherwise known as a “cooling-off” period. The law immediately prompted a national debate over government interference in private relationships amid China's divorce rate's steady climb...

Divorce Restrictions Endanger Women as Leaders Focus on Demographic Crisis Posted by John Chan | Mar 3, 2021 China has implemented a mandatory “cooling-off” period for divorces, mandating that spouses observe a 30-day waiting period to deter impulsive divorces. But the new requirement, which went into effect on January 1st of this year, has created a variety of side effects, from a surge of divorces in the final days of 2020 to appointment “scalping” under the new system. The controversy about the waiting period and how to manage China’s growing divorce rate comes as Chinese lawmake...

Chinese feminists feel that their reservations about a newly introduced one-month cooling-off period before a divorce is finalised have been ignored. They argue that it undermines the freedom to divorce and disregards victims of domestic violence. There has been ongoing criticism online about the new rules since May. […] The earliest protest started before the civil code was passed in May. During the internal deliberation of the People’s Congress in May, one delegate, Jiang Shengnan, condemned the divorce cooling-off period in sharp words: “The freedom of the majority should not be re...