China's Stolen Children
Monday 08 October
9:00pm - 10:50pm
Channel 4
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.
RT reviewer - Alison Graham
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I saw the advert for this earlier and will certainly make a point of seeing it and making sure I have some tissues by my side.
Am not sure if I will watch it knowing me I will cry and cry!those poor children and parents.that is dreadful and no one doing anything about it?about 70,000 children go missing a year I am sure some for something else? will watch it I think!
Amethystfairy:mad:
I read a statistic recently that over 2000 kids per day go missing in the U.S. Surely this can't be an accurate figure!?
Well I watched that programme last night how sad had tears in my eyes and couldnt settle down to sleep properley last night thinking of poor Chen jies parents, and all those whose children were kidnapped.
I thought it was disgusting that trafficker sold his ex girlfriend and his second son!
Felt like going over and rescue them and give them back to their parents!!
really thought provoking eh?
Amethsytfairy:(
Absolutely heartbreaking. The pain and suffering of Chen Jie's mother and family was almost unbearable to watch.