Chinese Fishermen Kidnapped in North Korea
Tensions between China and its long-time ally North Korea are spilling into public with the recent apparent kidnapping of 29 Chinese fishermen who were in waters between the two countries and have...
View ArticleChina Probes Detention of Fishermen
As CDT reported earlier, 28 Chinese fishermen have been detained in North Korean waters and held for a ransom of $142,000. These fishermen were eventually released, but it is unclear whether or not the...
View ArticleRape Victim’s Mother Free After Online Protest
Tang Hui, mother of an 11-year-old who was kidnapped and forced into prostitution in 2006, petitioned and publicly expressed her disapproval of how the courts dealt with her daughter’s tormenters. AP...
View ArticleTrailer: Living With Dead Hearts
Charlie Custer of ChinaGeeks and Tech in Asia has released the first official trailer for his forthcoming documentary, Living With Dead Hearts. From the film’s synopsis: As many as 70,000 children are...
View ArticleThe Tale of the Kidnapped Princeling
Aside from the privileges they enjoy as a result of their political and business connections, Chinese “princelings” may also be well immune to the pervasive state security apparatus. John Garnaut tells...
View ArticleBabies for Sale?
Al Jazeera looks into the the reasons behind China’s child trafficking: Child trafficking is widespread in China, many say, because of the country’s one-child policy and the demand it creates for sons....
View ArticleChild Trafficking: A Cruel Trade
Human trafficking is a serious problem in China, and as many as 70,000 children are kidnapped and sold each year. Last month, Xinhua released a report on the bust of a Child trafficking ring, also...
View ArticleNorth Korea Holds Chinese Fishing Boat For Ransom
China’s foreign ministry disclosed on Sunday that North Korea took over a Chinese fishing boat earlier this month and continues to hold its crew hostage, according to Chris Buckley of The New York...
View Article“Petitioning Mother” Tang Hui Takes Campaign to Beijing
Following a court judgment on Monday awarding damages for her wrongful incarceration in a re-education through labor camp, “petitioning mother” Tang Hui has traveled to Beijing to pursue compensation...
View ArticleDocumentary Film ‘Living With Dead Hearts’ Premieres
Charlie Custer and Leia Li’s film “Living With Dead Hearts,” a documentary about child kidnapping in China, is now available online. Click here to view the embedded video. [Source] At Lost Laowai,...
View ArticleMother Claims Doctor Sold Baby to Smuggling Ring
Police in Shaanxi are investigating a mother’s claims that her new-born child was sold by Zhang Shuxia, a doctor at the Maternal and Childcare Hospital in Fuping. Chris Luo at South China Morning Post...
View ArticlePolice Turn Blind Eye To Baby Smuggling Trade
Zhang Suxia, an obstetrician in Shaanxi’s Fuping county, who for eight years allegedly sold her patient’s healthy babies on the booming black market, is at the heart of a recent baby-trafficking...
View ArticleParents of Stolen Children Battle Police Indifference
At The Guardian, Charles Custer writes that although several kidnapped babies were rescued in Shaanxi last month, Chinese police often fail to offer timely or effective help when children go missing:...
View Article1,000+ Arrested for Trafficking Babies on the Internet
China’s Ministry of Public Security announced on Thursday that more than 1000 people have been arrested for allegedly trafficking babies on the Internet. Teddy Ng and Laura Zhou at South China Morning...
View ArticleMinitrue: Manage Opinion on Abductee Turned Teacher
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source....
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