Are Chinese More Tolerant of Extra Marital Affairs and Mistresses?




Important Chinese Things with Jenny Zhu · Learn Chinese · ChinesePod · Qingwen show

Summary: Actor Wen Zhang recently broke the Chinese social media record after his apology for cheating on his wife went viral on weibo. This week we look at why this incident got so much attention in China. We also explore why Chinese seem to tolerate extra marital affairs, why mistresses are sometimes seen as a career option and does this signal the loss of a moral compass in China?