CHILD TRAFFICKING IN CHINA

Child trafficking is an especially serious problem in China where gangs of traffickers abduct children at one end of the country and sell them at the other. Do your research and discover the extent of the problem and the possible reasons. When you are done, write a detailed essay.

Refer to my second blog, The Essay Archive, for sample essays: https://theessayarchive.blogspot.com.tr/  

Reading material to make notes on: the problem

·         “Kidnapped and sold: inside the dark world of child trafficking in China” http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/07/kidnapped-and-sold-inside-the-dark-world-of-child-trafficking-in-china/278107/

·         “Buy, sell, adopt: child trafficking in China” http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/buy-sell-adopt-child-trafficking-in-china/?_r=0

·         “Missing, kidnapped, trafficked: China has a problem with its children” http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/12/missing-kidnapped-trafficked-china-children

Reading material to make notes on: the possible reason

·         “20.000 babies abducted each year – is the one child policy to blame?” http://qz.com/362497/20000-chinese-babies-are-abducted-each-year-is-the-one-child-policy-to-blame/

Specific examples:

·         “The father searching for his son” http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31814295 Watch the related video here and listen to the father: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31820596

·         Why did they sell me for money? http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31820595

Videos to watch and make notes on:

·         “Hundreds arrested in China’s child trafficking raids” http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-20842914

·         “Chinese authorities break up child trafficking gangs” http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-18748306

·         “China doctor jailed for selling babies to traffickers” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1_xRgr8THY