A noodle restaurant in Xining, China, was criticized for displaying a banner that linked beating a wife to improving her docility. The slogan referenced an old regional saying suggesting that beating a wife improved her behavior.

A Chinese noodle restaurant has come under fire for displaying a slogan that appears to condone domestic violence. The restaurant in Xining, northwestern China’s Qinghai province put up a banner which read “beaten wife, kneaded dough”. The slogan refers to an old saying from the Guanzhong plain region, which goes “the more a dough is kneaded the better the noodles taste, the more a wife is beaten the more docile she gets.” The shop was slammed across mainland social media for trying to...