Latest items for China
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: GP-DATA-3
"To address this, in February 2019, nine Chinese central government agencies, including the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the All-China Women’s Federation, jointly outlined specific measures for implementing existing laws that prohibit gender discrimination in employment" (6).
Variables: GP-DATA-3
"To address this, in February 2019, nine Chinese central government agencies, including the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the All-China Women’s Federation, jointly outlined specific measures for implementing existing laws that prohibit gender discrimination in employment" (6).
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"China has a serious problem with women and girls from other countries being trafficked to China and sold as 'brides.' The country’s gender imbalance has driven a 'woman shortage' and an unmet demand for brides for young men. The difficulty to ‘find’ wives, combined with a lack of protections in China, has fueled a demand for trafficked women from abroad, mainly from neighboring countries. Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years. Most...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"China has a serious problem with women and girls from other countries being trafficked to China and sold as 'brides.' The country’s gender imbalance has driven a 'woman shortage' and an unmet demand for brides for young men. The difficulty to ‘find’ wives, combined with a lack of protections in China, has fueled a demand for trafficked women from abroad, mainly from neighboring countries. Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years. Most...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In June 2019, the Ministry of Public Security, China’s police, said that it rescued 1,100 Southeast Asian female trafficking victims and arrested 1,322 suspects, including 262 foreigners, in the previous year. The Chinese government also seems to be promoting propaganda about bride trafficking to improve its global image. Human Rights Watch met an activist from Myanmar who had participated in a Chinese study tour for women’s rights groups. During one session, an activist recalls a professor explaining that trafficking was not the problem but that 'Myanmar women don’t know Chinese culture. Once they learn Chinese language and culture, their marriages are fine.' Participants were told to, 'Tell your government the...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In June 2019, the Ministry of Public Security, China’s police, said that it rescued 1,100 Southeast Asian female trafficking victims and arrested 1,322 suspects, including 262 foreigners, in the previous year. The Chinese government also seems to be promoting propaganda about bride trafficking to improve its global image. Human Rights Watch met an activist from Myanmar who had participated in a Chinese study tour for women’s rights groups. During one session, an activist recalls a professor explaining that trafficking was not the problem but that 'Myanmar women don’t know Chinese culture. Once they learn Chinese language and culture, their marriages are fine.' Participants were told to, 'Tell your government the...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
"China has a serious problem with women and girls from other countries being trafficked to China and sold as 'brides.' The country’s gender imbalance has driven a 'woman shortage' and an unmet demand for brides for young men. The difficulty to ‘find’ wives, combined with a lack of protections in China, has fueled a demand for trafficked women from abroad, mainly from neighboring countries. Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years. Most...more
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
"China has a serious problem with women and girls from other countries being trafficked to China and sold as 'brides.' The country’s gender imbalance has driven a 'woman shortage' and an unmet demand for brides for young men. The difficulty to ‘find’ wives, combined with a lack of protections in China, has fueled a demand for trafficked women from abroad, mainly from neighboring countries. Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years. Most...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Two years after the #MeToo movement took off in China, Chinese women’s rights activists face a political environment in which the Chinese Communist Party’s control over the internet, media, and independent activism is tighter than the previous 30 years. Since the Chinese government prohibits collective actions, the country’s #MeToo movement has not been able to manifest in mass street protests. But individuals who have suffered abuse have taken their cases to court, demonstrating extraordinary determination and resilience. In June 2018, a student at China University of Petroleum was detained for six days in a hotel room by university authorities after protesting the university and police’s mishandling of her sexual abuse...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Two years after the #MeToo movement took off in China, Chinese women’s rights activists face a political environment in which the Chinese Communist Party’s control over the internet, media, and independent activism is tighter than the previous 30 years. Since the Chinese government prohibits collective actions, the country’s #MeToo movement has not been able to manifest in mass street protests. But individuals who have suffered abuse have taken their cases to court, demonstrating extraordinary determination and resilience. In June 2018, a student at China University of Petroleum was detained for six days in a hotel room by university authorities after protesting the university and police’s mishandling of her sexual abuse...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1
"Women and girls with real or perceived psychosocial disabilities (mental health conditions) can be shackled—chained or locked in confined spaces—due to prevalent stigma as well as a lack of adequate and accessible community-based services. The time periods range from days and weeks, to months, and even years. Government-controlled media in China reported between 2013 and 2017 that people with mental health conditions were shackled or locked in cages across the country, with approximately 100,000 'cage people' in the northern Hebei province alone. In one case, an 8-year-old girl was tied to a tree by her grandparents for nearly six years in the Henan province. The nature of shackling means that...more
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1
"Women and girls with real or perceived psychosocial disabilities (mental health conditions) can be shackled—chained or locked in confined spaces—due to prevalent stigma as well as a lack of adequate and accessible community-based services. The time periods range from days and weeks, to months, and even years. Government-controlled media in China reported between 2013 and 2017 that people with mental health conditions were shackled or locked in cages across the country, with approximately 100,000 'cage people' in the northern Hebei province alone. In one case, an 8-year-old girl was tied to a tree by her grandparents for nearly six years in the Henan province. The nature of shackling means that...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years" (9).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years" (9).
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"There are disturbing reports of sexual violence against Turkic Muslim women in detention" (4).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"There are disturbing reports of sexual violence against Turkic Muslim women in detention" (4).
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ISSA-PRACTICE-1
"Researchers estimate that there are 30 to 40 million 'missing women' in China—women who should be alive but are not due to factors including a preference for boys that leads to sex-selective abortion, infanticide, abandonment of babies, and childcare neglect. These factors have been exacerbated by China’s 'one-child policy' and continuous restrictions on women’s reproductive rights" (3).
Variables: ISSA-PRACTICE-1
"Researchers estimate that there are 30 to 40 million 'missing women' in China—women who should be alive but are not due to factors including a preference for boys that leads to sex-selective abortion, infanticide, abandonment of babies, and childcare neglect. These factors have been exacerbated by China’s 'one-child policy' and continuous restrictions on women’s reproductive rights" (3).
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2
"The percentage of the population that are women in China has fallen steadily since 1987. The gender gap among the population aged 15 to 29 is increasing. Researchers estimate that there are 30 to 40 million 'missing women' in China—women who should be alive but are not due to factors including a preference for boys that leads to sex-selective abortion, infanticide, abandonment of babies, and childcare neglect" (3).
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2
"The percentage of the population that are women in China has fallen steadily since 1987. The gender gap among the population aged 15 to 29 is increasing. Researchers estimate that there are 30 to 40 million 'missing women' in China—women who should be alive but are not due to factors including a preference for boys that leads to sex-selective abortion, infanticide, abandonment of babies, and childcare neglect" (3).
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Since the Chinese government prohibits collective actions, the country’s #MeToo movement has not been able to manifest in mass street protests" (1). "Among the over 50 million publicly available court verdicts between 2010 to 2017, only 34 focused on sexual harassment according to a 2018 study by the Beijing Yuanzhong Gender Development Center. Among these cases, only two were brought by victims suing alleged harassers, though both were dismissed for lack of evidence. Most of the cases were brought by alleged harassers claiming breach of contract after employers dismissed them for sexual harassment, or defamation after accusations were made public by victims or employers" (7).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Since the Chinese government prohibits collective actions, the country’s #MeToo movement has not been able to manifest in mass street protests" (1). "Among the over 50 million publicly available court verdicts between 2010 to 2017, only 34 focused on sexual harassment according to a 2018 study by the Beijing Yuanzhong Gender Development Center. Among these cases, only two were brought by victims suing alleged harassers, though both were dismissed for lack of evidence. Most of the cases were brought by alleged harassers claiming breach of contract after employers dismissed them for sexual harassment, or defamation after accusations were made public by victims or employers" (7).
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: IIP-LAW-2
"In June 2020, the National People’s Congress, China’s rubberstamped parliament, introduced a civil code that, for the first time, defines sexual harassment and states that perpetrators can be held liable, though it is vague on what recourse is available to victims" (8).
Variables: IIP-LAW-2
"In June 2020, the National People’s Congress, China’s rubberstamped parliament, introduced a civil code that, for the first time, defines sexual harassment and states that perpetrators can be held liable, though it is vague on what recourse is available to victims" (8).
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Human Rights Watch found that in the Chinese government’s 2020 National Civil Service Position List, 11 percent of the postings specified a preference or requirement for men. In 2018 and 2019, the rate was 19 percent. In 2017, it was 13 percent. The decrease in the overall percentage of discriminatory postings in 2020 is partly because the most discriminatory ministries were hiring less people compared to the previous years, not because of a lower overall percentage of discriminatory ads. Among the nearly 14,000 job postings in the 2020 National Civil Service Positions List, Human Rights Watch found that 6 percent specified a preference for male applicants and 5 percent specified...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Human Rights Watch found that in the Chinese government’s 2020 National Civil Service Position List, 11 percent of the postings specified a preference or requirement for men. In 2018 and 2019, the rate was 19 percent. In 2017, it was 13 percent. The decrease in the overall percentage of discriminatory postings in 2020 is partly because the most discriminatory ministries were hiring less people compared to the previous years, not because of a lower overall percentage of discriminatory ads. Among the nearly 14,000 job postings in the 2020 National Civil Service Positions List, Human Rights Watch found that 6 percent specified a preference for male applicants and 5 percent specified...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"From 1979 to 2015, China imposed the 'one-child policy.' The policy violated women’s reproductive rights. Its enforcement through measures like forced and coerced abortion and sterilization compounded the abuse" (3). "The Chinese government’s 2015 announcement that it would allow all couples to have two children effectively ended the 'one-child' policy. While a positive step, it did not change the fact that China’s family-planning policies remain coercive and abusive. The state continues to play a deeply intrusive role in women’s reproductive choices and bodily autonomy, controlling both how many children a couple can have and the intervals at which they can have them. Officials have enforced birth quotas for couples by...more
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"From 1979 to 2015, China imposed the 'one-child policy.' The policy violated women’s reproductive rights. Its enforcement through measures like forced and coerced abortion and sterilization compounded the abuse" (3). "The Chinese government’s 2015 announcement that it would allow all couples to have two children effectively ended the 'one-child' policy. While a positive step, it did not change the fact that China’s family-planning policies remain coercive and abusive. The state continues to play a deeply intrusive role in women’s reproductive choices and bodily autonomy, controlling both how many children a couple can have and the intervals at which they can have them. Officials have enforced birth quotas for couples by...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-3
"Although Chinese law prohibits gender discrimination in hiring, job discrimination remains widespread. Both the Chinese government and private Chinese companies use gender discriminatory job advertisements. In 2019, Human Rights Watch analyzed over 36,000 job ads between 2013 and 2018 on Chinese recruitment and company websites and social media platforms. Many ads specified a requirement or preference for men and some specified irrelevant physical requirements for women" (6). "Human Rights Watch found that in the Chinese government’s 2020 National Civil Service Position List, 11 percent of the postings specified a preference or requirement for men. In 2018 and 2019, the rate was 19 percent. In 2017, it was 13 percent. The...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-3
"Although Chinese law prohibits gender discrimination in hiring, job discrimination remains widespread. Both the Chinese government and private Chinese companies use gender discriminatory job advertisements. In 2019, Human Rights Watch analyzed over 36,000 job ads between 2013 and 2018 on Chinese recruitment and company websites and social media platforms. Many ads specified a requirement or preference for men and some specified irrelevant physical requirements for women" (6). "Human Rights Watch found that in the Chinese government’s 2020 National Civil Service Position List, 11 percent of the postings specified a preference or requirement for men. In 2018 and 2019, the rate was 19 percent. In 2017, it was 13 percent. The...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-2, WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Besides unlawfully depriving women of job opportunities, these job ads reflect deeply discriminatory views about women: that they are less intellectually, physically, and psychologically capable than men, or that they are not fully committed to their jobs because some will eventually leave to start a family" (7).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-2, WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Besides unlawfully depriving women of job opportunities, these job ads reflect deeply discriminatory views about women: that they are less intellectually, physically, and psychologically capable than men, or that they are not fully committed to their jobs because some will eventually leave to start a family" (7).
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Although Chinese law prohibits gender discrimination in hiring, job discrimination remains widespread. Both the Chinese government and private Chinese companies use gender discriminatory job advertisements. In 2019, Human Rights Watch analyzed over 36,000 job ads between 2013 and 2018 on Chinese recruitment and company websites and social media platforms. Many ads specified a requirement or preference for men and some specified irrelevant physical requirements for women" (6). "Human Rights Watch found that in the Chinese government’s 2020 National Civil Service Position List, 11 percent of the postings specified a preference or requirement for men. In 2018 and 2019, the rate was 19 percent. In 2017, it was 13 percent. The...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Although Chinese law prohibits gender discrimination in hiring, job discrimination remains widespread. Both the Chinese government and private Chinese companies use gender discriminatory job advertisements. In 2019, Human Rights Watch analyzed over 36,000 job ads between 2013 and 2018 on Chinese recruitment and company websites and social media platforms. Many ads specified a requirement or preference for men and some specified irrelevant physical requirements for women" (6). "Human Rights Watch found that in the Chinese government’s 2020 National Civil Service Position List, 11 percent of the postings specified a preference or requirement for men. In 2018 and 2019, the rate was 19 percent. In 2017, it was 13 percent. The...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ERBG-LAW-2
"Although Chinese law prohibits gender discrimination in hiring, job discrimination remains widespread" (6). "Discriminatory job advertisements violate Chinese law" (6). "Labor Law (劳动法), the Law on the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests (妇女权益保障法), the Employment Promotion Law (就业促进法), and the Provisions on Employment Services and Employment Management (就业服务与就业管理规定) all prohibit discrimination on the grounds of gender" (6). "One measure included banning job advertisements that specify a requirement or preference for a gender" (6-7). "In June 2020, the National People’s Congress, China’s rubberstamped parliament, introduced a civil code that, for the first time, defines sexual harassment and states that perpetrators can be held liable, though it is vague on what...more
Variables: ERBG-LAW-2
"Although Chinese law prohibits gender discrimination in hiring, job discrimination remains widespread" (6). "Discriminatory job advertisements violate Chinese law" (6). "Labor Law (劳动法), the Law on the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests (妇女权益保障法), the Employment Promotion Law (就业促进法), and the Provisions on Employment Services and Employment Management (就业服务与就业管理规定) all prohibit discrimination on the grounds of gender" (6). "One measure included banning job advertisements that specify a requirement or preference for a gender" (6-7). "In June 2020, the National People’s Congress, China’s rubberstamped parliament, introduced a civil code that, for the first time, defines sexual harassment and states that perpetrators can be held liable, though it is vague on what...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"As in the rest of China, having too many children can lead to high fines. But unlike the rest of China, violating the state’s birth control policies is also one reason Uyghur people are being sent to detention camps. There are disturbing reports of sexual violence against Turkic Muslim women in detention. Human Rights Watch has reported on the separation of Uyghur children from their families, and how parents often lose contact with their children after having been sent to detention camps" (4).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"As in the rest of China, having too many children can lead to high fines. But unlike the rest of China, violating the state’s birth control policies is also one reason Uyghur people are being sent to detention camps. There are disturbing reports of sexual violence against Turkic Muslim women in detention. Human Rights Watch has reported on the separation of Uyghur children from their families, and how parents often lose contact with their children after having been sent to detention camps" (4).
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"From 1979 to 2015, China imposed the 'one-child policy.' The policy violated women’s reproductive rights. Its enforcement through measures like forced and coerced abortion and sterilization compounded the abuse" (3). "There are disturbing reports that the Chinese government is imposing forced population control measures on Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities as part of this crackdown, while easing restrictions for the Han population. Women in Xinjiang have reported that the Chinese government carries out pregnancy checks, requires them to use intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUD), and forces sterilizations and abortions on them" (4).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"From 1979 to 2015, China imposed the 'one-child policy.' The policy violated women’s reproductive rights. Its enforcement through measures like forced and coerced abortion and sterilization compounded the abuse" (3). "There are disturbing reports that the Chinese government is imposing forced population control measures on Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities as part of this crackdown, while easing restrictions for the Han population. Women in Xinjiang have reported that the Chinese government carries out pregnancy checks, requires them to use intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUD), and forces sterilizations and abortions on them" (4).
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: FSCB-LAW-1, ABO-DATA-1
"From 1979 to 2015, China imposed the 'one-child policy.' The policy violated women’s reproductive rights. Its enforcement through measures like forced and coerced abortion and sterilization compounded the abuse" (3). "The 'two-child policy' has not provided any relief to the countless families suffering from penalties for past violations and were denied their right under international law to choose when and whether to have children, or the countless women who endured the pain and trauma of forced abortions" (4). "There are disturbing reports that the Chinese government is imposing forced population control measures on Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities as part of this crackdown, while easing restrictions for the Han population....more
Variables: FSCB-LAW-1, ABO-DATA-1
"From 1979 to 2015, China imposed the 'one-child policy.' The policy violated women’s reproductive rights. Its enforcement through measures like forced and coerced abortion and sterilization compounded the abuse" (3). "The 'two-child policy' has not provided any relief to the countless families suffering from penalties for past violations and were denied their right under international law to choose when and whether to have children, or the countless women who endured the pain and trauma of forced abortions" (4). "There are disturbing reports that the Chinese government is imposing forced population control measures on Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities as part of this crackdown, while easing restrictions for the Han population....more
Jan. 27, 2025, 9 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
"But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea" (Para 14-15).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
"But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea" (Para 14-15).
Jan. 27, 2025, 9 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-3
"12 Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea. Mrs X said many of the women she was detained with had been deceived by brokers, and were...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-3
"12 Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea. Mrs X said many of the women she was detained with had been deceived by brokers, and were...more
Jan. 27, 2025, 9 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-LAW-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea. Mrs X said many of the women she was detained with had been deceived by brokers, and were targeted...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-LAW-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea. Mrs X said many of the women she was detained with had been deceived by brokers, and were targeted...more
Jan. 27, 2025, 9 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LDS-PRACTICE-2, CWC-DATA-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea" (Para 12-15).
Variables: LDS-PRACTICE-2, CWC-DATA-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea" (Para 12-15).
Jan. 23, 2025, 5:53 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"China last week announced its population had fallen for the first time since the 1960s. The quickly growing cohorts of young students and workers had powered decades of economic growth, even as a government worried about overpopulation enforced a punitive, often abusive one-child policy. Now as growth slows, and the population ages, the government has abruptly switched course and is trying to encourage more siblings" (para 28-29).
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"China last week announced its population had fallen for the first time since the 1960s. The quickly growing cohorts of young students and workers had powered decades of economic growth, even as a government worried about overpopulation enforced a punitive, often abusive one-child policy. Now as growth slows, and the population ages, the government has abruptly switched course and is trying to encourage more siblings" (para 28-29).
Jan. 10, 2025, 1:52 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Shuang Zheng, 31, considered to be a megastar actress back in her homeland after starring in the TV series Meteor Shower, denies abusing her two children born via surrogates in Colorado" (par. 2). "Coupled with [Shuang Zheng] surrogacy scandal, she has been listed among 'actors with poor conduct' by Chinese state regulators and has therefore been blacklisted and banned from making public appearances with all existing public activities relating to her entertainment career being forced to cancel" (par. 22).
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Shuang Zheng, 31, considered to be a megastar actress back in her homeland after starring in the TV series Meteor Shower, denies abusing her two children born via surrogates in Colorado" (par. 2). "Coupled with [Shuang Zheng] surrogacy scandal, she has been listed among 'actors with poor conduct' by Chinese state regulators and has therefore been blacklisted and banned from making public appearances with all existing public activities relating to her entertainment career being forced to cancel" (par. 22).
Jan. 10, 2025, 1:52 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1
"The single father added that child protective services' failure to investigate his claims has prompted him to speak out. 'I want everyone living in Colorado to know this story. The reason we have the child protective services department is because we want to protect our children before they got hurt not after they got hurt the department started to investigate, that's too late,' Zhang said" (par. 17-18).
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1
"The single father added that child protective services' failure to investigate his claims has prompted him to speak out. 'I want everyone living in Colorado to know this story. The reason we have the child protective services department is because we want to protect our children before they got hurt not after they got hurt the department started to investigate, that's too late,' Zhang said" (par. 17-18).
Jan. 10, 2025, 1:52 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: CUST-PRACTICE-1
"However, two months before the births of their children, the couple had broken up. Zhang later revealed that his ex-partner wanted to abort their kids despite his offer to raise them as a single father" (par. 6).
Variables: CUST-PRACTICE-1
"However, two months before the births of their children, the couple had broken up. Zhang later revealed that his ex-partner wanted to abort their kids despite his offer to raise them as a single father" (par. 6).
Jan. 10, 2025, 1:52 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: CUST-LAW-1
"Then, a custody battle was ensured. In 2020, Zheng filed for custodianship after Zhang alleged that she abandoned the family in America" (par. 10).
Variables: CUST-LAW-1
"Then, a custody battle was ensured. In 2020, Zheng filed for custodianship after Zhang alleged that she abandoned the family in America" (par. 10).