Chinese Man Who Killed Ex-Wife as She Was Livestreaming Is Sentenced to Death


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A murder case involving a woman killed a year ago by her ex-husband while she was livestreaming landed in the spotlight again as a Chinese court sentenced the man to death. The tragedy has prompted outrage on China’s social media and underlined a lack of protection for women in abusive marriages, including obstacles to getting a divorce. The murdered woman, who was Tibetan and used the moniker Lhamo on social media, had divorced the man, Tang Lu, twice in 2020, according to state media.