[news] On the trail of a trafficked child

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By Louisa Lim | BBC correspondent in Kunming In a poor district in the southern city of Kunming, children play beside heaps of gravel left by construction crews. The scene brings back painful memories for Li Qifang and his wife, Pu Caiju. More than two years ago their four-year-old son was playing outside their house when he was abducted. They have not seen him since. The couple now fear their son was abducted by a baby trafficking ring. Buying and selling children is illegal in China, but child trafficking may be on the rise. A traditional preference for sons, combined with family planning restrictions limiting families to one child, have created a particularly strong market for boys.

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