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In addition, prostitution is now a boom industry in large Chinese cities. Family violence against women has also become a major problem.

Until 1980 adulterers could be sent to jail or punished by the neighborhood communes or companies for conduct unbecoming a Chinese citizen and employee. China's economic boom is not without its unwanted social spin-offs. (Source: The Independent on Sunday.)