‘We don’t have a family anymore’: Chinese girl hugs crying little brother, tells mother to divorce abusive father after he smashed furniture, violence caught on CCTV

Woman can be seen on surveillance footage throwing vase that smashed into pieces and man flips table over before hitting her. Intensity of fight leads to furniture being destroyed, causing fear and distress for daughter and toddler son. — SCMP

The story of a little girl telling her mother to divorce her abusive father has become the latest heartbreaking story of domestic violence in China.

The unidentified mother, from Jiangsu province in eastern China, had a violent fight with her husband at home on Sept 24. The couple smashed furniture in the home, scaring their daughter and younger son, both of an unknown age, Toutiao News reported.