John
I dont think that marrying a Chinese Woman poses any more additional risk to a Man if things go Pear Shaped over time.....especially concerning assets, alimony and all that stuff.
Whether or not, my wife is Chinese, Australian or Martian we will still be subject to all the Laws, rules and regulations regarding finances if the relationship breaks down. Family Law is totally seperate to Immigration Law in Aus. The Immigration Department MAY, repeat may choose to cancel her visa and send her home if the relationship fails, but if she has been here more than 12 months, it is likely to allow her to stay.
I do not have any special protection from family Law just because my wife is a migrant. She (and I ) will have the same rights and obligations under Law that any Man and Woman would have during a divorce process. Therefore I dont think that the issue of a foreign wife poses a bigger risk for a Man. We entered a marriage with good faith, love and a mutual desire to live a life together, if this does not work out, then it is sad, as it always is to see a relationship crumble, but if this happened in my marriage, I would be no better off or worse off because my wife was Chinese (or any migrant)....it would be the exact same proces as if she was Australian.
Obviously, I am not aware of the details of American, Canadian or British Divorce Laws, but this is how it would work in Aus.......
* If the marriage was less than 2 years old, she would be entitled to a financial settlement as negotiated by the respective Lawyers and the Family Court, the settlement would be based on the level of individual
contribution to the joint assets, from the time of the marriage...NOT BEFORE.
* If the marriage was over 2 years old, she would be entitled to about 50% of the liquidatable assets and no alimony, she could not touch your Business unless it was a Pty Ltd and she was a Director.
* If the marriage was over 5 years old, she would get half of everything including pensions , superannuation, propery, goods and chattels and alimony
* If there was any children from the Marriage who are under 16 years old....then all bets are off !!!...she gets the lot...period !!!...or at least 70% of it, depending how good (expensive !!) your Lawyer is...
This process applies as I say to ANY wife, regardless of her Immigrant status.