http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,569262,00.html
This article is about a trafficking ring that sold babies in China. The ring has earned about $60,000 by trafficking over 52 children over the past two years. In the article it talks about how China has a very strong black market for girls and women being sold as laborers or brides. Baby boys, who cost more than baby girls, are also very popular in the black market. China's one-child policy limits many families to having only one child, some families sell thier female babies so they can have a boy.
This article makes news because of the oddity of it. It's very odd to year about people selling babies on the black market. Because of this event the Chinesepolice will probably monitor the black market more closely along with the families in China. This will mostly affect the children that were sold because if they were traded through the black market, they will probably grow up in difficult living conditions. This will also affect many families in China because new families will most likely be more closely monitored to see if they have children and what thay do with their children.
I think this is really weird and wrong. This is very similar to slavery because these people being sold have no say or control over thier lives. Some of them are even being sold to become slaves.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
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What the heck!?!? I thought my article was weird, but this one is even more weird and also SICK!!! This does remind me of slavery as well and it is completely wrong. China's population is out of control, but it doesn't mean they have to sell the children to other people who will use them for whatever sick jobs or needs they have!
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