Woman who suffered a decade of beatings from violent husband who bought sex toys for his mistress finally gets justice
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenAlice Yanin ShanghaiPublished: 2:00pm, 9 Jun 2026A long-suffering domestic violence victim in China who struggled to cover the 7,000 yuan (US$1,000) cost of treating her injuries has discovered that her husband had hidden 14 million yuan (US$2 million) from her.
The 53-year-old woman’s story, reported by Shanghai Morning Post in early June, has been viewed 20 million times on mainland social media and triggered a heated discussion.
The woman, surnamed Wang, who lives in the southwestern municipality Chongqing, and her husband, surnamed He, married in 1998 and had a daughter a year later.
Wang claimed that He started beating her over 10 years ago. During the period from 2020 to 2023, He had beaten her more than 10 times.
She took 132 pictures recording the wounds she suffered as a result of the assaults. Among the injuries were three broken ribs and brain injuries, said Wang.
