Human Trafficking In China Research Paper

When analyzing human trafficking (more specifically child trafficking), the supply and demand that comes with the trade, plus other facilitating factors have heavily contributed to the growth of the trade in China. For example, facilitating factors such as poverty, Chinese culture (one-child policy), the high profits and low risk for traffickers, the loopholes found within the law and the ineffectiveness of law enforcements are just a few factors that have exacerbated the trade. Just like in other forms of human trafficking, poverty plays a major role in child trafficking. Even though child trafficking is a problem that targets all of China, not only one specific region, it is important to note that there are economic disparities within the

Even though, the culture in China does enforce the idea that having more children will provide a better life, they also have gender preferences to which children they want. In most occasion, Chinese families prefer sons to daughter, since their culture has been determined as a male-dominated one. In China, the idea of a male is more desirable because of the responsibilities a male has to provide for the family, but also their ability to contribute to the society by working in arduous jobs. Considering the rapid population growth in China, the Chinese government has implemented the “One-Child Policy”. The creation of this policy was based on the idea that the if the population kept growing at such a quick rate, it will eventually comprise the economic development of the country. The implementation of this policy gave a rise to child trafficking because it provided people with an economic advantage and a solution to not wanting to raise another

“Child trafficking is perceived as a business that does not require (start-up) capital.” This means that the price of a child varies region by region and it’s affected by several external factors such as the health of a child, their age and gender. For example, boys are more expensive than girls, and older child are cheaper than younger ones. Traffickers spend little to no time at all attempting to find children since families are willing to sell “extra” children, meaning that traffickers purchase these kids for a low cost, and reap the profits. An example of this would be that traffickers target poorer regions in China and set their prices high because there is a high demand for children to work. In richer regions like Tonghua, in North China, the price for a child is around 2000 to 3000 Yuan, which is equivalent to $453 in the United