Suicide in China ( summary )

Summary:
In China the number of women from the population are decreasing because many of them commit suicide after a small fight with their husbands. Most of these cases happen out of the cities, because they can get the poison easily as Xu Rong, head of the Suicide Prevention Project at the Beijing Cultural Development Centre for Rural Women said. The wife becomes the weakest after these fights because in China the Bride has to leave her family and go to her husband’s house to show them that she is a good wife which puts her under a big pressure. she said that 70 – 80% of the cases happened after a fight between the wife and her husband. They kill themselves for many reasons like sending a message, dignity, or because they are afraid of asking for divorce. In China the marriage is like buying and this the main problem because the men think that they can do whatever they want, but this is their traditional thinking and it’s hard to change even with the government laws. Xu Rong formed an organization which works as groups in the rural areas to help the women by giving them advice and solutions for their problems instead of suicide. In the cities the girls can live in peace from their parents for a short time because they have to go back to the village to marry someone, but this shows us another problem because they face many problems from their bosses such as rape, or sexual abuses.

Main idea:
The article talks about the marriage problem in China and what it might lead to in the future. The wives commit suicide after a small fight with their husbands for many reasons such as sending a message for the husband, or asking for dignity.

Opinion:
I think it’s a nice article especially because it contains new information about the other countries. I found it very organized and easy to understand. By showing the statistics and the numbers it gives the reader a good background about the problem.