Recently, a viral video shocked, fascinated and enraged China. In the clip, the woman, looking dazed, had a metal chain – the type used to chain dogs – tied around her neck and she lived in a shabby hut without a door in a village in Xuzhou, wearing thin clothing in freezing temperatures. It emerged that she produced eight children with a man in his mid 50’s who claimed to be her husband. Here’s my oped on China’s wives trafficking. https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3167950/china-must-act-end-trafficking-and-sale-women-public-outrage-not

Published on February 24, 2022 00:00