Baby for Auction Reported on China's eBay

[felix]

The China Daily, a state-owned newspaper in China, have reported that police in the country are investigating reports of baby auctions on the auction site Eachnet -- eBay's Web site in China.

According to Eachnet manager Tang Lei, boys were up for sale for 28,000 yuan and girls were being offered for 13,000 yuan, or US$3,450 and US$1,603 respectively. The auctions may have been a hoax.

However, a black market of child trafficking is currently thriving in China. The Eachnet seller said on the auctions that their motivation in selling the babies was to help infertile couples in China.

more : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4359570.stm

[Siefer999]

its not the first time ive heard of ppl trying to sell children on ebay, and definitly not the first time i heard of it happening on ebay china. :)

what a sad, sad world we live in...

[poedua]

I was unber the impression that the ' 1 child policy ' in China was a myth based on some from some posts I read in another thread, yet from this link I read...


" China's strict "one child" birth control policy, coupled with the traditional bias for male children, has led to widespread reports of child abductions"

is this ' 1 child policy ' an enforced policy in China that the authorities take seriously ?

or does it depend on where you live in China - urban / rural ?

[rdtx2002]

I was unber the impression that the ' 1 child policy ' in China was a myth based on some from some posts I read in another thread, yet from this link I read...


" China's strict "one child" birth control policy, coupled with the traditional bias for male children, has led to widespread reports of child abductions"

is this ' 1 child policy ' an enforced policy in China that the authorities take seriously ?

or does it depend on where you live in China - urban / rural ?

well.. if you have more children.. all you have to do is fork out more money.. and the governemnt won't care.

either that.. or in more rural places.. people just don't register birth certificates for newborns

[guest10586]

However, a black market of child trafficking is currently thriving in China. The Eachnet seller said on the auctions that their motivation in selling the babies was to help infertile couples in China.

more : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4359570.stm

Helping infertile couples? What a bunch of junk. :mad:

[the_man]

The China Daily, a state-owned newspaper in China, have reported that police in the country are investigating reports of baby auctions on the auction site Eachnet -- eBay's Web site in China.

According to Eachnet manager Tang Lei, boys were up for sale for 28,000 yuan and girls were being offered for 13,000 yuan, or US$3,450 and US$1,603 respectively. The auctions may have been a hoax.

However, a black market of child trafficking is currently thriving in China. The Eachnet seller said on the auctions that their motivation in selling the babies was to help infertile couples in China.

more : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4359570.stm

Russian Woman Jailed for 6 Years for Selling Daughter for Body Parts for $10,000 even after being warned that the child’s organs would be sold

more : http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/10/25/motherjailed.shtml