Thats bull crap. All i needed was my singles affidavit, but that is accompanied by my certified divorce decree, single status affidavit, and all certified by the state department and then uthorized by the chinese consulate general.
After our marriage, while in china, we had to visit the police department few times to register the marrige, register her residence and some last trip I still to this day dont know what for. From anywhere in the city I could tell ya how to get to one police station since we had to do return visits to accomplish those three tasks. haha. The lady police got used to talking english to me and seem to find it a novelty. I did compliment the cleanliness of thier city so that might have gotten me some brownie points. hehe