‘Mother of 8 Chained in Hut’ Unmasks the False Image of a ‘Prosperous’ Regime

Playing cards showing details of missing children are displayed in 2007 in Beijing, China. The cards were created by Shen Hao, the founder of a missing persons website, and are handed out in areas notorious for child trafficking. China is on a list of countries with serious concern for human trafficking. China Photos/Getty Images

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The video of a Chinese mother of eight, kept chained and locked in a hut, not only shocked the nation but also revealed the darkness within the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) when the authorities ignore such things as trafficking of females and gang raping.