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China’s Online Search For Stolen Children

25/01/2016 GMT

BBC Trending: China’s Online Search For Stolen Children

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Chinese parents turn to social media and the web to hunt for abducted children

Chinese parents turn to social media and the web to hunt for abducted children.

An image of a three-year-old girl being abducted has flooded social media in China. The girl has now been found, but the search sheds light on the country's huge digital campaigns trying to return tens of thousands of missing children to their parents.

Presented by Chris Foxx @thisisFoxx with Kerry Allen @kerrya11en, Anisa Subedar @OnlyAnisa and Nooshin Soluch. 

(Photo: CCTV of child. Credit: Huaxi Metropolis Daily)

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