Chinese city with strange ideas against domestic violence: Offers the history of couples before marriage

According to the Yiu government's website, the city of July 1st will discover a database involving information of people with violence across the country, of those who had been convicted, arrested or convicted because of domestic violence from 2017 and around.

In many cases, couples involved know about the domestic violence of their partner only after they get married. By setting this database they can see, the partners can know in advance and consider whether they want to get married,” said Jou Danyuing, deputy chairman of the Women's Federation in Yiwu, Periscope follows.

The database is the first of its kind in China, according to this federation. Officials have assured the public that concerns about privacy were considered. Those using the database should offer their identification, but also the identification of those who want to check for stories of violence and with which they intend to marry. They must sign a confidential agreement in advance.

Users can search that database only twice a year.

This database comes after increasing cases of domestic violence during quarantine and vetsyolation that fought the eruption of Covid-19.

Observors have said the Yiwu initiative could be limited because most domestic violence cases are not reported at all. /Periscope