June 18, 2014

Institutional Child Abuse In China

I always think, that child abuse is the number 1 problem in China. But, no matter how serious I think it is, the facts never failed to stun me. Based on recently news, there are some new type of "schools" in China, which I never heard of before, called "correctional schools" or "correctional camps", where kids are sent there for the purpose of correcting their bad behaviors, such as obsession with online, etc. Not sure if the concept was actually adopted from elsewhere. During training period, parents were usually forbidden to contact with schools (more ridiculously, many parents granted this rules). The consequence is, children were serious abused (mental and physical) and some of them died.

One girl in this news died by corporal punishment, with was common in this "school" (Zhengzou New Concept Combating school, 郑州新观念搏强学校), called "back crashing" （后倒）: several "teachers" held kids' limbs who were face up, and hit ground repeatedly. Sorry, I don't feel like continuing for the details. I guess you all get idea what's the consequence.



http://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2014/06/17/3363520.html

Yet, still majority of Chinese people do not think this is a problem. Something seriously wrong with that nation. Call me paranoid!

Posted by Yun Yi at 11:47 AM
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6 comments:

  1. umashankarJune 18, 2014 at 12:29 PM

    I can but agree, Yun. How can we forget Tienanmen Square?

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    1. Yun YiJune 18, 2014 at 1:42 PM

      thank uma. but this is somehow different from tiananmen, this is not political, but a social problem that is against humanity.

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  2. nothingprofoundJune 18, 2014 at 6:25 PM

    So sad, yunyi. Do you think the parents approve of this kind of discipline or are themselves just acting out of fear?

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    1. Yun YiJune 18, 2014 at 6:42 PM

      I think many parents did/do not know what's really going on. But things is, why did they send their kids there in first place?

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  3. JerseyLilJune 23, 2014 at 1:46 AM

    Thank you for being an advocate for the children, Yun! My heart breaks for these children being abused in China. Correctional schools sound horrid and they remind me of “reform schools” here in the US in the last century (I believe reform schools were shut down, along with orphanages, in the US in the 1970s). Only even worse than those old reform schools. What’s happening in China is very serious and you are not paranoid at all.

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    1. Yun YiJune 23, 2014 at 9:56 AM

      Thanks Madilyn! Your support certainly makes me feel stronger!

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