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| | China today |
 | | Out of a total 500 divorces handled by the Jiang'an District, Wuhan City, from January to September last year, 417 plaintiffs were women, making up 82 percent. |
 | | A full 64 percent of the 1,102 divorces handled by Chongwen District, Beijing, involved women plaintiffs. |
 | | It is reported that on hearing that the court would not approve their divorce petitions, some women committed suicide by taking large quantities of sleeping pills, or by cutting their wrists. |
| www.chinatoday.com.cn /English/20023/woman5.htm (395 words) |
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