Evan Osnos on Kim Lee, an American woman who made Chinese legal history last weekend when a Beijing court granted her a divorce on the grounds of domestic violence, and a three-month restraining order against her husband:

The judgment was a victory not only for Kim Lee and her three daughters but also for advocates of the rule of law on behalf of China’s often-silenced victims of domestic violence.

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Amy Davidson: Bob Costas was right to bring up Jovan Belcher’s guns. Now can we talk about the role of guns in domestic violence, too? Continue reading: http://nyr.kr/TLLbMD

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