On the morning of July 15, 2006, middle-aged mother Wang Jinlan stands on the busy Wangfujing Business Street in Beijing with her daughter and narrates stories about her 14 years of appealing to the Chinese government. As tourists surround Wang, she holds up her handwritten complaint, Seeking Justice by Selling Daughter, searching for someone to adopt her daughter. The police took the mother and daughter away after about an hour.
Wang Jinlan is from Zhengzhou City of Henan Province. Wang and her husband were falsely charged with killing a pedestrian with their truck in 1992. As a result, their truck was illegally confiscated, leaving the family with no means of making an income. In addition, police and local mafia have beaten her husband many times since and constantly threatened their lives. The family had no choice but to leave and appeal to the government.
