Father rescues son from human traffickers after bumping into them at shopping mall nine months later

[Judi Lynn]

The men responsible have now been sent to jail 
Shehab Khan 
@shehabkhan 
a day ago

A father saved his six-year-old son from human traffickers when he bumped into them in a shopping centre.

Cheng Jiafu was kidnapped from his family home nine months ago, from his family home in the Chinese region of Qingxin, where he was being cared for by his elder sister.

His father, Chen Zhonghong was at work at the time.

After the boy was taken by a stranger a huge search was launched for his missing son. It came up empty handed.

More:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/father-rescues-son-kidnapper-chen-traffickers-bumping-into-mall-a8061636.html

[Not Ruth]

1. See this HBO documentary

Sons are a huge business. Apparently you have to pay a large dowry if you have a daughter, so it is cheaper to buy a stolen boy, raise him with the daughter, have them marry, and have grandkids to take care of you when you are old.

If you ever wondered how fucked up China is, you will know after watching this.

Arranged marriage is a crime against humanity and drives all sorts of injustice.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/juli-weiner/birth-controlled-emchinas_b_112530.html

[left-of-center2012]

2. He was missing for nine months?

What happened to the boy during those nine months?

[keithbvadu2]

3. This goes against the law of supply and demand.

This goes against the law of supply and demand.

Dowry?

If there is a shortage of women to marry, then they should require a premium price to woo rather than a premium price to get rid of.

[Igel]

5. Culture is, in part, adaptation to circumstances.

However, it often continues long after circumstances change. Perhaps those cultural traits are neutral and it doesn't matter if they continue. Perhaps they're maladaptions and constitute a net loss to the community in some way.

That doesn't mean that they're not still traditional, and people won't hold to them stubbornly because it's part of their identity or makes them feel good or different.

At some point, such maladaptative traits either lead to the culture's relative downfall or they are changed. Sometimes the changes are good and help, sometimes they're driven by alternative "traditions" or views and are also maladapative.

[dalton99a]

4. Video:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4931226/incredible-moment-chinese-dad-saves-abducted-son-when-he-bumps-into-him-at-the-shops-nine-months-after-lad-was-kidnapped/

[SunSeeker]

6. WTF? The kidnappers got only 11 years in prison. But shoplifting sunglasses gets you 10 years?!

China basically has the same punishment for stealing a child as for stealing sunglasses. That is messed up.

The courts in China have now sentenced the men to a total of 11 years in prison.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4931226/incredible-moment-chinese-dad-saves-abducted-son-when-he-bumps-into-him-at-the-shops-nine-months-after-lad-was-kidnapped/