Chinese child-trafficking victim, sold for US$150, posts wedding dress video in bid to find birth parents before her nuptials


Bai Xuefang was snatched from her home as a three-year-old and sold for 1,000 yuan (US$150). Her story has prompted many other victims to speak out and offer support. — SCMP

A viral video showing a human trafficking victim – who was snatched from her home as toddler – dressed in a traditional Chinese wedding gown appealing for help to find her birth parents has prompted an outpouring of emotion in mainland China.

Bai Xuefang, 24, began her seven-year quest to find her biological parents in 2015. On June 19, in her latest move to find them she recorded a video of herself dressed in a traditional Chinese wedding gown, holding a photograph of her as a three-year-old child.

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