ABC News recently reported on a young Chinese couple that sold all three of their children so they could keep playing online games. The couple, who met in 2007 at an internet cafe and are both under 21, first sold their second child, a girl, and then decided to sell their first born son.
They they proceeded to have a third child, another boy, for the sole reason of selling him to fund their gaming habit. They received RMB 3,000 (less than $500) for the girl and about RMB 30,000, or about $4600, for each boy.
The couple was finally turned into authorities by the boy’s mother when she found out what her son and girlfriend were doing. When the couple was asked if they missed their children they stated, “We don’t want to raise them, we just want to sell them for some money“. The couple claims they didn’t know selling your children was illegal.
WoW, I don’t know what’s worse, the fact that they sold their 3 children or they didn’t realizing selling human beings was illegal. What’s even crazier is the fact they sold these kids for almost nothing. Is human trafficking so common in China that a girl is worth less than $500? This whole story is insane.
I’d love to know what game their playing.
Okay, this news is a little disturbing. We don’t want other youngsters to do what these young couple did. :(
$500 for a free maid? Cha-ching!
Read some answers here and you know some reasons why baby girls so unpopular in china (and sadly some other countries):
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110202144750AACZ29Z
Seems that even teenager think about that in this sick way. But this couple is special, cause they didn’t understood the value of life in any way…
“Is human trafficking so common in China that a girl is worth less than $500?”
Human trafficking is statistically rare everywhere. The reason why a girl is only worth $500 is because they produce nothing that can be sold for money. Females are a financial liability. A net loss.
It makes sense that the boys went for more money because their labor and creativity make people money,whereas females cannot labor as long or as hard, and they get pregnant,making more mouths to feed.
I would think those facts are obvious.
I’m Chinese. Since grown up, I have heard many stories of stealing and selling internal organs and sometimes they were reported on news. That’s why I’m not too surprised to hear people selling children. When you think about it, it’s better to sell a whole human being than selling a liver. And no, Chinese population is too huge for anyone to treasure lives. Otherwise, you won’t see them making fake food for profit.
WoW is the same except people give up their lives to play it.