{
  "id": 832501,
  "title": "Chinese husband splits expenses, installs cameras to monitor wife during 40-year marriage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/chinese-husband-splits-expenses-installs-cameras-to-monitor-wife",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T02:17:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3363973/chinese-husband-splits-expenses-installs-cameras-monitor-wife-during-40-year-marriage"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A husband in southeastern China has insisted on going Dutch with his wife for 40 years and even installed home surveillance cameras to monitor her; despite this, the wife wants to give their marriage another try. The couple from Fujian province sought assistance from a local mediation TV show as their conflicts escalated. The husband, identified by the surname Li, complained that his wife,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}