Mothers of stolen boys in China were photographed using a large format camera in a portable studio. The mothers wrote a message on the photograph to their stolen child. The problem of stolen male children in China, due to the One Child Policy, was kept hidden by the authorities. And sadly the parents were persecuted for making the problem public.
Mrs Tang, 26, holds a picture of her only son, Chen Zhijie, 5 years and 3 months, who was stolen, she believes by a neighborhood gang. Message read “My poor son where are you? I miss you very much. Are you okay now? Please come back. Mum can’t live without you. Mum dreams of you every night, dreaming that have come back to our sides. Don’t know when can our dream comes true.”
Feb 2007
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixMr and Mrs Ma holds a picture of her son, Ma Purei, 3 and half years old, who was stolen March 22nd 2004. The message reads “Papa and Mama are hoping that you will come home soon.” Mrs Ha and Mrs Ma is one of thousands of migrant mothers whose children have been stolen and sold to rich families desperate for a boy. Families are limited to a single child under the China’s ruthless One Child Policy.
Jun 2007
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixMrs Tang, 26, holds a picture of her only son, Chen Zhijie, 5 years and 3 months, who was stolen, she believes by a neighborhood gang. Message read “My poor son where are you? I miss you very much. Are you okay now? Please come back. Mum can’t live without you. Mum dreams of you every night, dreaming that you have come back to our sides. Don’t know when can our dream comes true.”
Feb 2007
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixMrs Xiang, 40, holds a picture of her son Ren Pan, who was 4 and half years old when he was stolen 9th September 2003. The message reads; “Hope my son can come back home safe.”
Jun 2007
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixPictures of young boys that have been stolen from their mothers with messages written on them by their mothers. Thousands of migrant mothers whose children have been stolen and sold to rich families desperate for a boy. Families are limited to a single child under the China’s ruthless One Child Policy.
Jun 2007
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixMrs Deng Yongmin, 31, holds a picture of her son Liu Lang, 5 years and 3 months, who was stolen in March 2003. The message reads: “My son, mummy hope you come back soon.”Picture of a little boy, Duan Jing, 6.5 years old, lost in GuanDu district in Kumming city on 23 July 2003. Message from mother mrs Hua reads: “Duan Jing, we have ran out of tears. Please come home soon.”A photo montage shows pictures of children mostly boys who have been stolen by child trafficking gangs in China.
