28 Baby Girls Found in Suitcases in China

Yahoo! ^ | Saturday, March 22, 2003 | The Associated Press

[Willie Green]

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use.

BEIJING - Police found 28 baby girls hidden in suitcases aboard a long-distance bus in southern China, apparently being smuggled for sale, a police officer and a newspaper said Saturday.

Officers acting on a tip made the discovery Monday when the bus stopped at an expressway toll plaza in Binyang, a town in the Guangxi region, the Beijing Morning News said. Guangxi, on China's southern coast west of Hong Kong, is one of the country's poorest areas.

An officer of the Guangxi traffic police in Binyang confirmed the discovery of the babies. Reached by telephone, she wouldn't give her name or other details.

Chinese authorities say an unknown number of children are abducted every year for sale to childless families. Older girls are sometimes sold as brides in rural areas with fewer women.

The babies found in Guangxi were all under three months old, and one died after they were found, the Beijing Morning News said. It said the smugglers might have drugged them to keep them from crying and being discovered.

The babies apparently were being smuggled for sale, though police didn't know where they had come from or where they were being taken, the newspaper said. It said the bus was bound from Yulin, a rural district of Guangxi, to the eastern province of Anhui.

No relatives have claimed them, the report said.

[merrin]

I wonder if this is an act of desperation by parents who couldn't bear to abort their children.

[MEG33]

Yes.

[struwwelpeter]

Horrifying.

[Dog Gone]

Interesting choice of keywords.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

What!?

[Cultural Jihad]

And here we thought human life was cheap in China.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Not surprising really considering the poster.

[LibKill]

Those keywords seem to indicate that you blame this on President Bush.

I have a news flash for you.

1. GWB does not sell humans.

2. Pat Buchanan (a thoroughly nice guy) will never be president.

[cherry]

why should the Chinese officials care about these girls.....aren't girl babies regularly purged before birth and after as well?

gee...maybe now that there is a "value" on girl babies, maybe the Chinese govt. will try to protect them........

what really slays me is that I have friends that had to pay thousands and go thru hoops to try to get a Chinese baby girl....and yet to see and hear about how baby girls are thrown away like trash...

[LisaAnne]

I don't know. I am assuming that some women could not bear to have their babies aborted and were hoping that they would find home elsewhere. I cannot imagine what it must be like to live under such conditions as in China.

[ewing]

They were alive?

[Willie Green]

Yes. Fortunately the moderators have the ability to track those who engage in keyword abuse.

[Dog Gone]

Next time I post a story about the economy, I'll be sure to use "28 baby girls" as a keyword.

[rabidralph]

Reminds me of that Beatles album cover that was discarded because of its tasteless image of baby dolls in a trunk.

[Dog Gone]

You didn't put those keywords up?? Somebody was pretty fast, then. There were no responses to the thread at all when I first saw them.

[LibKill]

I apologize. I thought those keywords came from you.

I humbly apologize.

[Cultural Jihad]

The keywords have been repaired.

[Willie Green]

Next time I post a story about the economy, I'll be sure to use "28 baby girls" as a keyword.

Do yourself a favor and read the article.
It explicity mentions the babies were being smuggled for sale.
If you want to defend the slave trade, go right ahead.