In mainland China, job allocation by work units and the lack of freedom of movement once made it hard for many couples to live together. Dissident scientist Fang Lizhi and his wife Li Shuxian were separated for a long period of time while their children were raised by their grandparents, splitting the family in three.
中國大陸過去因為單位發配工作，沒有遷移自由，使許多夫妻難以團聚，科學家方勵之和夫人李淑嫻就長期分隔，孩子則由長輩照顧，造成兩地夫妻、三地家庭的異相。