China domestic violence: Man’s request for protection order from wife’s alleged abuse starts rare conversation on male victims

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A court in China has granted a protection order to a 49-year-old man who alleges he has repeatedly been physically abused by his wife.

The man, surnamed Li, from Beihai city, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, southern China, last month filed a request for a habeas corpus, which is a personal safety protection order aimed at stopping his wife’s alleged physical violence.