Produced by CHRD, this gallery of images, cases, and statistics is being released alongside CHRD’s newest report—“‘Flowers of the Country’: Mistreated and Abused,” which analyzes the record of the Chinese government in protecting the rights of children in the country. The gallery presents information on how authorities have handled selected incidents of rights violations and abuses committed against children, and includes sobering data about problems affecting children, including in the areas of education, labor, and health.

1. “‘Flowers of the Country’:
Mistreated and Abused”
A gallery of images, cases, and statistics produced in
conjunction with CHRD’s report on violations of the
rights of the child in China:
http://chrdnet.com/2013/09/chrd-releases-report-
on-rights-of-the-child-in-china-flowers-of-the-
country-mistreated-and-abused/

2. Chen Ya, now 8 years old, was held
in a black jail in Guangdong
Province for four years before his
release in January 2013.
Today, Chen Ya is unable to
speak, walk or grasp
objects, reportedly due to years of
neglect and abuse while he was
illegally detained.
In 2009, Chen Fengqiang, the
foster father of Chen Ya, was
sentenced to three years of
imprisonment after petitioning
against the forced demolition of
his home. Authorities then
detained Chen Ya and the boy’s
mother at a black jail in Zhuhai
City, in part to prevent the mother
from petitioning.
Child Illegally Held in Black Jail for 4 Years
Source:
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2013/05/4_19.html

3. An 8-year-old girl in Shandong
Province was kidnapped on May
12, 2013. The suspect, who is from
the same village, subsequently
stoned her to death after sexually
assaulting her.
Source:
http://smileycharity.blogspot.hk/2013/06/blog
-post_5.html
8-Year-Old Girl Stoned to Death After Being Raped

4. A report by Xinhua, the official news agency, cited an
estimate that 200,000 children have gone missing
annually in China in recent years, and only 0.1% of those
missing children have been found each year.1
In May 2013, the Women’s Federation of
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, released data
indicating that, over the previous three years, nearly half
of the 2,506 females who had reported being sexually
assaulted in the city were under 14 years age. In most of
the cases, the girls had been repeatedly raped.
1 “200,000 Children Gone Missing Each Year in Our Country, Almost No Criminal Responsibility Was Sought For Buying
Infants” Xinhua News, June 2, 2013, http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2013-06/02/c_115997624.htm.

5. An 11-year-old girl in Guizhou
Province suffered permanent
burns on her scalp after her father
pushed her head into a pot of
boiling water. At one point, her
father, Yang Shihai, also stitched
her mouth with fishing wire to
“keep her quiet.”
After years of repeated physical
abuse and torture, Yang was
arrested on May 22, 2013, and
sentenced to 18 months in prison
two months later.
Father Abuses Daughter for Over 5 Years
Sources:
http://smileycharity.blogspot.hk/2013/06/blog-post_5.html
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/798899.shtml#.Ui1-jZars2A

6. The school that these children
originally attended in Beijing was
demolished. Nearby schools then
refused to enroll the migrant
workers’ children.
Unable to attend school, a group
of young children protested in
front of the Fengtai District
Education Commission on June
13, 2012, holding banners and
appealing to Chinese Premier
Wen Jiabao by
shouting, “Grandpa Wen, I want
to go to school!”
Children of Migrant Workers Denied Education
Source:
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2012/06/blog-post_8028.html

7. 84% of public schools in Beijing charged migrant students
various fees and tuition amounting to as much as 50,000
yuan (about 8,500 USD) per year, according to a survey
conducted in 2010-11.2
60% of migrant children between 12 to 14 years old who
had dropped out of school already had started to
work, according to a 2000 census.3
KYE factory, which makes products for Microsoft in
Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, has “recruited
hundreds—even up to 1,000—‘work study students’ who
were 16 and 17 years old and work 15-hour shifts for six or
seven days a week.”4
2 “Equality in Education Waits To Be,” September 1, 2011, http://weiquanwang.org/?p=28286.
3 “The Conditions of Our Country’s Migrant Children,” Population Study (人口研究), No. 1, 2004, CRLW Report
4 “China’s Youth Meet Microsoft,” American National Labor Committee (NLC), April 13, 2010
http://www.globallabourrights.org/admin/reports/files/Chinas_Youth_Meet_Micro.pdf

8. Ran Chongbi 's daughter was raped in
2008 in Dongguan, Guangdong, when
she was five. Currently, the girl suffers
from post-traumatic stress. The 50-
year-old offender was given a six-and-
a-half-year sentence. After Ran
appealed in 2009, the punishment
was increased to seven years.
According to China’s Criminal
Law, perpetrators who rape girls under
the age of 14 should be sentenced to
over 10 years.
Ran appealed to the local court to
have the sentence increased further
but was rejected. Local authorities also
barred Ran’s daughter from attending
school.
Mother of 5-Year-Old Rape Victim Seeks Justice
Sources:
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2012/08/8.html
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2013/07/blog-post_9986.html

10. More than 30 children underwent
crystalline lens extraction surgery at
a hospital in Hubei Province due to
various eye problems. Parents
believe that the problems were due
to hospital error, when the children
were given overdoses of
supplemental oxygen and
substandard oxygen after
birth, between 1994 to 2004.
On July 19, 2010, eight parents took
their partially blind children to
petition in front of the Health
Department in Beijing. The T-shirts
read, “Return Brightness To Me.”
Children Left Partially Blind Due to Hospital Malpractice
Source:
http://www.msguancha.com/a/lanmu46/2013/0615/6363.html

11. The government reported that more than 50,000
children suffered kidney stones in 2008 due to
consumption of toxic milk powder, but the number of
victims may actually be as high as 300,000.5
A 2009 survey checked 23,000 children and found 54%
had lead levels in the blood above the national standard
in the city of Chenzhou, Hunan Province, which is
known for its metal industry.
5 “Children Screening for Lead Poison Refused, When Will Lead Poisoning End?” Weiwei Health Net, April
1, 2012, http://news.vivijk.com/rdht/201204/229664.html.

12. Since 2005, Zheng Dajing and his family
have petitioned in Beijing over property
disputes and been repeatedly detained
and beaten.
In 2006, Cao Xiangzhen (Zheng’s
wife), Zheng Zhinan (13-year-old-son)
and Zheng Linxin (7-year-old daughter)
were arbitrarily detained in a black jail
for 65 days. Both children were denied
the right to education. They were freed
only when Cao guaranteed that they
would stop petitioning.
In October 2012, authorities detained
Zheng again and took away the family’s
household registration
certificate, resulting in his son being
unable to take the college entrance
exam on time.
Petitioners’ Children Face Retaliation
Sources:
http://www.msguancha.com/a/lanmu46/2013/0615/6361.html
http://www.weiquanwang.org/?p=8056