BBC reports on infant trafficking in China, Internet as an illegal tool

"Global Times correspondent Su Jing, a British correspondent in the Global Times," the BBC 11th broadcast a news survey on the illegal sale of children in China. The technology is also used to bid on the black market for babies, according to the film, which is popular with the internet in China.

The BBC reporter initially found a message on the internet called "raising the Cost of childcare": 200,000 yuan for sale of 8-month-old healthy baby girls. The reporter contacted the seller, the other party said that he is a single mother with 3 daughters, because unable to raise alone, decided to sell the twins, so that children can live a better life, although she felt very heartache. The seller showed the baby to the reporter via video link. The BBC also went undercover to the Chinese hospital for filming. Female doctors have revealed that babies abandoned after birth are usually sold to the adopters.

The report said that China's illegal sale of baby-stealing and kidnapping children is serious. The development of network technology has contributed to the illegal infant trafficking to some extent. Some traffickers have long used social networks to sell babies and have become increasingly manipulative. Last February, the Chinese public Security department recorded the illegal trafficking organization through chat sites, saving 382 babies, some of which were sold at a high price after a low-cost acquisition by poor Chinese households. Some Chinese parents, who have lost their children, told the BBC that they thought they needed to step up legislation to prevent a repeat of the tragedy.

Ranzillin, a professor at China University of Political Science and political science, told Global Times 12th that China's efforts to combat trafficking in children are very strong. Article 240 of the Penal Code stipulates that trafficking in women and children is punishable by imprisonment for more than 10 years for more than 5 years, and that a person who has been killed or injured or who has multiple episodes can be sentenced to more than 10 years imprisonment, life imprisonment and even death China's punishment for child trafficking is getting tougher and stronger. For example, the supreme law, the Supreme Prosecutor, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Justice jointly issued the "Crime of trafficking in women and children by law." The public security receives the missing persons report, 24 hours must file a case. The sale of natural children for the purpose of profit is also punishable by trafficking.

Ranzillin said, there is no denying that, for now, China does have a certain degree of trafficking, trafficking in children. On the other hand, since the Chinese Government attaches great importance not only to combating the crime of child trafficking, but also to propaganda work, to some extent, the public has more attention to the illegal trafficking of babies.