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An 18-year-old woman from Lanzhou was recently abducted in Shenzhen when two men pulled her into a car against her will on a stormy night. A passerby named He followed and reported the incident to the police, leading to her rescue. The abduction stemmed from an arranged marriage agreement between her parents and another family where she was forced to leave school without consent. Her attempt to escape by getting help online ended with her being tracked down at her workplace and forcibly taken home before intervention. This highlights ongoing issues of gender discrimination and inadequate law enforcement in China regarding the practice of forced marriages.
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A recent incident in Shenzhen, China highlighted the ongoing issue of women being at risk of abduction and forced marriage due to a preference for sons over daughters. On a stormy night last month, a driver named He witnessed two men forcefully pulling an unwilling young woman from the street into their car. The teenager, who was 18 years old and originally from Lanzhou in Gansu province, had been promised in marriage by her parents without her consent after they received payment from the groom's family. She had sought help online and found a job at a coffee shop in Shenzhen through a non-profit organization, but her parents tracked her down to marry her off against her will. The case exposed shortcomings in local authorities' efforts to protect women from such practices.
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Why women in China are still at risk of abduction and forced marriage
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women → force → abduction
The latest incident has exposed many failings in local authorities’ work in a country where a mindset of favouring sons over daughters still exists
One stormy night last month, a driver surnamed He saw two tall men get out of a car in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen and pull a young woman off the street and into the vehicle.
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men → expose → vehicle
During the struggle, her umbrella fell to the ground.
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umbrella → fall → ground
She did not appear willing.
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She → appear → ?
Suspicious, He followed the vehicle and later reported the incident to local police, supplying them with footage he had recorded.
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he → follow → footage
Thanks to him and the police, the abducted 18-year-old was rescued from a forced marriage.
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old → abduct → marriage
According to media reports, the teenager, originally from Lanzhou, Gansu province, had been promised to a man by her parents without her knowledge or consent.
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teenager → accord → knowledge
After receiving the agreed price from the prospective groom’s family, her parents forced her to drop out of school.
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parents → receive → school
The teenager sought help via online posts and eventually a non-profit organisation found her a job in a Shenzhen coffee shop.
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organisation → seek → shop
But her parents, intent on marrying her off, tracked her down and sent a team to stake out her workplace and ambush her, driving her over 20 hours back towards home before they were stopped by the police.
asserted
they → marry → police
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