China: Policía china rescata a cientos de mujeres y niños secuestrados en el suroeste del país

La policía china ha rescatado a 151 niños y 209 mujeres en la provincia suroccidental de Guizhou en los últimos dos años en el marco de una campaña contra el tráfico de seres humanos, informaron el día 22 miércoles las autoridades locales.

CHINA: Desperate families claim trafficking gangs are selling baby boys for up to £4,000 By Clifford Coonan in Beijing

Parents descend on Beijing to hunt for China's stolen children

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

A girl rescued from child traffickers in Guiyang last year

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They came from across China to protest under the watchful gaze of the police, brandishing handmade placards with pictures of their missing children. In a sign of growing discontent, the parents' rare demonstration in the centre of Beijing was aimed at pressuring the authorities to do more to investigate the cases of tens of thousands of children snatched and sold every year.

"My wife and I can't sit at home waiting for the police, we keep looking. The longer you wait, the more hopeless you get," said the father of one boy Liu Jingjun, who went missing this year.

Many of China's missing boys are sold to childless couples who turn to criminal gangs to supply the treasured male heir while the girls are trafficked to become prostitutes or brides in rural areas. China's One Child Policy has led to an alarming shift in the gender divide with a major shortage of girls.

China offers hope of easing one-child policy

By Phyllis Xu and Lucy Hornby

BEIJING (Reuters) - China marked the 30th anniversary of its controversial one-child policy with talk of relaxing rules, at least in some provinces, that have reined in population growth but caused heartache for millions of couples.

With a population expected to peak at 1.65 billion in 2033, China has been cautious about dropping an unpopular policy that was originally supposed to last one generation.

Central planners say the one-child policy has spared China from the pressures of hundreds of millions of additional people that would have strained scarce water and food resources as well as the nation's ability to educate and employ them.

Critics cite forced abortions and sterilizations, punitive enforcement and a widening gender gap as the unwelcome legacy. Millions of baby girls are believed to have been aborted in a country which traditionally favours male heirs.