A video blogger's visit to Dongji Village revealed a shocking case of a woman allegedly chained by her husband, igniting public outcry in China. Despite official claims of her legal marriage and mental illness, the incident exposed deep-rooted issues of trafficking and abuse in rural China. The public’s demands for government intervention highlighted growing discontent over women's rights and marriage treatment. Observers viewed the incident as a significant moment for women's rights in China, prompting broader discussions that challenged government authority, although local officials attempted to suppress the discourse.
The video quickly spread online, and immediately, Chinese commenters wondered whether the woman had been sold to the man in Dongji and forced to have his children a kind of trafficking that is a longstanding problem in China's countryside.
Local officials issued a short statement brushing off the concerns: The woman was legally married to the man and had not been trafficked.
Many observers called it the biggest moment for women's rights in recent Chinese history.
This was about more than trafficking, people said. It was another reason many young women were reluctant to get married or have children, because the government treated marriage as a license to abuse.
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