Affairs a factor in 40% of divorces

Almost 40 percent of Haidian district couples that divorced this year said infidelity is the reason they were splitting up, the court said.

The court settled 2,764 divorce cases between January and October this year, and 995 were triggered by extramarital affairs, said judge Gao Qing, who compiled a report on local divorce statistics.

About 60 percent of people involved in divorce proceedings held at least a bachelor's degree, Gao said.