Chinese Couple Sells Children To Fund Video Game Habit

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Devil_Survivor on 16 July 2014

In China recently, a couple sold not one, but two of their children to human traffickers to fund the man's online gaming habit. The couple wasn't married and the man had no interest in looking after the child. How will this affect China's new more open policy to gaming and will this make people think bad of China in general?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdX4RHbjLfI

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Burek on 16 July 2014

Don't people already think bad of China in general?

This is why Playstation4 will be the console of choice in China. It has no games, so there will be no need to sell children.

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Burek on 16 July 2014

padib said:
;_;

What happens to the children ? :(

If you're an optimist - They get adopted by a western couple (Brad and Angelina)

If you're a pessimist - They get sold to some sleazy entrepreneur and make sneakers or footballs in a basement in Bangladesh

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Proxy-Pie on 16 July 2014

Oh God 。.。

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DD_Bwest on 16 July 2014

wait.. so i can get money for these hell holes? sounds like ive got a new empty threat to use!

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fatslob-:O on 16 July 2014

This is what I call depressing some extremely depressing shit here ...

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Porcupine_I on 16 July 2014

Burek said:

padib said:
;_;

What happens to the children ? :(

If you're an optimist - They get adopted by a western couple (Brad and Angelina)

If you're a pessimist - They get sold to some sleazy entrepreneur and make sneakers or footballs in a basement in Bangladesh

Those are both optimistic...

“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’