China’s Bride Trafficking Problem

Expand “I do not know exactly or remember how I got into the new house…When I woke up, I saw a man but not my friends anymore. I don’t know exactly, but later I guessed that was a Chinese house. I did not know where to run away…I realized that I was trafficked. From that time on, I planned to learn basic Chinese [language] and find ways to run.”—Young Kachin woman, trafficked at age 17, escaped after six months.  © 2018 Human Rights Watch China has a bride trafficking problem. The country’s longstanding one-child policy and preference for boys created a huge gender imbalance. The difficulty…

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