Dispatches: China's Stolen Children (XviD)

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Dispatches: China's Stolen Children
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Chen Jie was a sweet, hard-working boy whose teachers praised his diligence. His slightly worried,
solemn little face stares out from a much handled family photograph, which is just about all his
parents have left of him. Aged five-and-a-half, Chen Jie was snatched from the street, more than
likely to become one of 70,000 children annually who are stolen and sold for the best price. Child
abduction is a raging epidemic in China, an unlooked-for, unconsidered result of the country's
one-child policy. In this astonishing, harrowing, gripping film, the team behind 1995's awardwinning
The Dying Rooms return to China (necessarily under cover) to follow Chen Jie's bereft parents as they
try to find their son. Often, it's almost impossible to watch as Chen Jie's mother crumbles into
tears, tormenting herself: "Is he calling someone else Mummy and Daddy?" China's Stolen Children also
follows one of the loathsome profiteers of this dreadful trade, a man who sold his own son and his
girlfriend. But, he tells us, reassuringly: "I'm not selling women so much now. Mainly just children."
This is the kind of unforgettable documentary that sears itself into your brain. And your heart.


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DETAILS

Channel: Channel 4 @ 20:00, 2007/10/08
Original Airdate: N/A
Duration: ~86mins
File Size: 700MB
Source: PDTV
Audio: MP3 128kbps, 48KHz
Video: 2PASS XviD 624x352 , ~1000kbps


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