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Chained woman

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Chinase Internit Users Don't Buy It

The idea of a woman in chains undermined the national narrative of development and the image of modern china. People on line were convinced that she was being kept against her will. The local government denies she's been trafficked. Their statement says she's a woman with severe mental health problems, as if that somehow made things better. According to the u. N, human trafficking is a 100 an 50 billion dollar global industry.

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