Last month, a man in the southern province of Guangdong stabbed his wife and her sister in law to death. Many were appalled by the level of cruelty on display in the attack, which follows two other high-profile domestic violence and homicide cases involving women victims that have caught public attention. In a statement late on Tuesday, police in Dongying city said a 37-year-old man had been detained after he hit and crushed his 38-year-old wife to death over “family disputes.” The case was still under investigation, it added.īy Wednesday morning, the attack had become the top trending topic on China’s Twitter-like Weibo, racking up 300 million views. On multiple occasions the man exits his car to check whether the woman is still alive, before continuing the attack. In the video, a man is seen repeatedly driving a car over a woman – later identified by police as his wife. The killing in the eastern province of Shandong came to widespread public attention Monday after footage filmed by a witness was posted online.

A series of high-profile domestic violence cases in China, including a killing carried out in broad daylight that was captured on video and circulated widely on social media, has sparked outrage – and reignited a debate among young people about the pitfalls of marriage.