Exclusive | China’s mistress hunters cash in on cheating husbands
Business is booming for services for ending extramarital affairs in China, as a more relaxed attitude to sex has led to an increase in divorces.
As the Chinese have become more open-minded about sexual relationships in recent decades, so the number of couples filing for divorce on the grounds of adultery has risen dramatically.
The growing propensity for married men to stray away from home has given rise to a new type of business which seems as unlikely as it is lucrative.
Meet the ‘mistress hunters’ – companies paid by angry or despondent wives to put an end to their husbands’ extramarital transgressions.
Some of their methodology reads like something out of a John le Carre spy thriller.
Typically, a trained female professional is sent undercover to contrive a situation in which she “accidentally” meets the cheating husband’s mistress. Having made the initial contact, she then sets about patiently gaining her trust before eventually trying to persuade her to put an end to the affair.
One such company to provide a “mistress hunting” service in addition to more traditional marriage guidance offerings is Shanghai Weiqing Network Technology. The firm claims to “save” thousands of marriages every year.