US woman, Chinese divorce after high-profile case
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In this March 22, 2012, file photo, Kim Lee, center, wife of "Crazy English" founder Li Yang, is surrounded by local journalists as she walks into a court for her divorce trial in Beijing, China. Chinese state media say a Beijing court has granted a divorce to an American woman and her Chinese celebrity-entrepreneur husband in a high-profile case that shed light on domestic violence in China. -- PHOTO: AP
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese state media say a Beijing court has granted a divorce to an American woman and her Chinese celebrity-entrepreneur husband in a high-profile case that shed light on domestic violence in China.
Ms Kim Lee posted graphic photos of the injuries she said came from her husband Li Yang on her microblog in 2011.
The photos went viral. Li Yang's chain of English-teaching schools, "Crazy English," is a household name in China.
State media says the divorce was granted on Sunday on the grounds of domestic abuse.
