These women sometimes marry foreign men hoping to immigrate to another country or have a higher standard of living, and when their aspirations are not met, they start divorce proceedings, Wang said.

Some people feel that this divorce seems to fit a certain trope - of a beautiful but ordinary girl marrying a rich but less good-looking man.

In Yemen, a 10-year-old girl was forced to marry a much older man made headlines around the world by marching into court and demanding that she be granted a divorce, which she received.