Chinese school for obedient wives is forced to shut down

A SCHOOL where Chinese men sent their wives to learn “women’s virtues” such as household chores and the value of “talking less and working more” has been closed.

Tutors at the institute in northern China also chastised women for wearing make-up or having career ambitions, local reports said.

The school was set up by Kang Jinsheng, who was imprisoned for murder almost 30 years ago before becoming inspired by teachings on “Chinese traditional cultural values”.

He launched the Fushun Traditional Values Association in the northern Liaoning province in 2011 and has established three other branches across China.

Tutors at the Fushun school ordered the women to begin eight hours of intense household chores at 4.30am, the Liaoshen Evening News reported.

Women were also told not to respond when they are hit by men. Some of the women were sent to the institute by their husbands while others were sent by their company bosses.

The school came to the attention of authorities after videos of its lectures emerged on social media. Fushun education department said that the teachings “went against socialist core values” and it would “stop any phenomenon that violated the core value of socialism”. An employee told the Global Times newspaper that the video was a “misinterpretation” of the school.

“The school has been opened for seven or eight years, and is free of charge,” the employee said. “People who receive an education here are always grateful to us.”

Additional reporting by Christine Wei