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So many women asked for a divorce that Party officials started refusing permission, despite a re-issuing of the Marriage Law in 1953.<ref>[http://www.johndclare.net/China7.htm The impact of the Communists’ reforms 1949-63]</ref>}}

So many women asked for a divorce that Party officials started refusing permission, despite a re-issuing of the Marriage Law in 1953.<ref>[http://www.johndclare.net/China7.htm The impact of the Communists’ reforms 1949-63]</ref>}}

== Modern China and divorce ==

== Modern communist China and divorce ==

[[China]] has the world's largest [[atheism|atheist]] population.<ref>[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref>

[[China]] has the world's largest [[atheism|atheist]] population.<ref>[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref>