In China, it is never 1 leads to 2 on anything. The national congress says divorce is leading to lower birth rates, we must do something, here is what we say: 30 days cooling off to give them time to rethink. Local politicians see it as: divorce rates go up, we get blamed, people who get blamed go to prison or worse as part of 'corruption probe'. Thus, there are fewer divorces because there are fewer being allowed. This is how China works. China Uncensored is a great source of information on them.
Telling people they can't divorce doesn't make their marriages work, it only increases the chances of murder/suicide/abuse.
This isn't telling people they can't divorce though.
In China, it is never 1 leads to 2 on anything. The national congress says divorce is leading to lower birth rates, we must do something, here is what we say: 30 days cooling off to give them time to rethink. Local politicians see it as: divorce rates go up, we get blamed, people who get blamed go to prison or worse as part of 'corruption probe'. Thus, there are fewer divorces because there are fewer being allowed. This is how China works. China Uncensored is a great source of information on them.