Parents Spend 32 Years Looking For Their Kidnapped Son, Save 29 Other Kids Before Reuniting With Their Child
It has been known for a long time that a mother’s love can conquer many things. While most of the time it’s a godly fight for the child’s well-being, this Chinese woman fought for many years just so she could see her child once again after he was kidnapped when he was only two years old. Luckily, there’s a happy ending to this story and Li Jingzhi has found her son after 32 long years of searching.
Mao was abducted when he was only 2 years old, but recently got reunited with his birth parents, who have been looking for him for 32 years
Mao’s father was bringing his two-year-old son back home from preschool when the little boy was abducted back in 1988. They were near the entrance of a hotel in the Shaanxi province when Mao’s father looked away for just a couple of seconds, but it was enough for someone to grab him and take him away. His mother, Li Jingzhi, quit her job so she could dedicate all of her time to finding her missing son. In pursuit of finding Mao, she sent out more than 100,000 flyers and told her story on countless national TV programs. According to CCTV, Mao had even seen Li talking on television about her missing son, but he didn’t realize she was looking for him. In the meantime, Li also started volunteering at a group called “Baby Come Back Home” that collects information about missing children and helps to reunite them with their families. While volunteering there, she helped 29 other missing children to come back home to their families.
While trying to reconnect with their own son, Mao’s parents helped 29 other missing children reunite with their families
In late April, someone tipped the Xi’an police that a man in the Sichuan province had bought a child back in the late ’80s. The police used facial recognition technology on a photo of Mao as a baby, simulated an image that showed how he should look as an adult, and tracked a man in the city of Mianyang that resembled their simulated image. After they’d done a DNA test, it became clear that Mao was indeed the lost son Li Jingzhi had been seeking for 32 years. Li and the man’s father, Mao Zhenjing, received the good news on Mother’s Day. Mao, who was raised by his adoptive parents as Gu Ningning and never knew about his biological parents, said he would move to live with his birth parents in Xi’an despite owning a home decoration business in Sichuan. It seems that his parents finally got the happy ending they were looking for after 32 years!
People of the Internet celebrated the mother’s love and dedication to finding her missing child
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thats an amazing story. its very heartwarming and an amazing moment. i hope this happens to lots of other familys and they get reunited again like this one
Sadly there are thousands of chikdren abducted in China every year. Boys to raise as sons and girls to raise as future brides for their own sons.
Also I am not clear on if the adoptive parents are the same ones that stole him - or paid for a child that they knew was stolen. If not & they adopted him in good faith it is sad for them also.
I'm curious about Mao's adopted parents. What story were they told about where Mao came from. I'm a little confused about the role they played in this.
Police said he had been sold as a boy to a childless couple for 6,000 yuan (£690, $840 in today's money). The investigation into the 1988 disappearance is still ongoing. The authorities have not released information about the couple who raised Mao Yin.
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GREEN LIGHT, RED LIGHT movie tells about how thousands of children are abducted for the sex slave trade. All to many were to young to know where they came from.
Wow a powerful story, I'm so glad it turned out the way it did. He looks so like his Dad.
I wonder what was the policy in China if your child disappeared (or worse) back then? Were the parents allowed to have another one, or remained childless forever?
Yes, they can. Firstly, they should go to the local police station and delete the household registration of their former child, then they can have another one. But, for now, since 2015, the Chinese government opened two-child policy, every family can have more than one child. Actually, before that, ethnic minority parents can have 2 or 3 children in China. That one-child policy only for the majority, Han Chinese. For example, my father is Man people, Mum is Hui people. They are not Han, so, they have right to have two children.
Load More Replies... Bring Baby Home should post pix of kidnappers as well as the children.
No one remembers them, it was long ago. As for the "buyers", I guess they were kind to the boy, and he does not want to expose them.
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Wonderful ending, especially that the birth mother got the new on Mother's Day
Incredible story. But, I really found it frightening that the surveillance system in China is so deep and complex that it was used to find a person based on a sketch of his adult face using a photo of him as a baby.
That doesn't really have anything to do with surveillance though. Face recognition and aging simulations have been around for a while.
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This is an amazing story. One of the comments annoyed me though; some broad said, "never underestimate the strength of a mum!" How about, never underestimate the strength of a dad either. He was there too you know.
thats an amazing story. its very heartwarming and an amazing moment. i hope this happens to lots of other familys and they get reunited again like this one
Sadly there are thousands of chikdren abducted in China every year. Boys to raise as sons and girls to raise as future brides for their own sons.
Also I am not clear on if the adoptive parents are the same ones that stole him - or paid for a child that they knew was stolen. If not & they adopted him in good faith it is sad for them also.
I'm curious about Mao's adopted parents. What story were they told about where Mao came from. I'm a little confused about the role they played in this.
Police said he had been sold as a boy to a childless couple for 6,000 yuan (£690, $840 in today's money). The investigation into the 1988 disappearance is still ongoing. The authorities have not released information about the couple who raised Mao Yin.
Load More Replies... GREEN LIGHT, RED LIGHT movie tells about how thousands of children are abducted for the sex slave trade. All to many were to young to know where they came from.
Wow a powerful story, I'm so glad it turned out the way it did. He looks so like his Dad.
I wonder what was the policy in China if your child disappeared (or worse) back then? Were the parents allowed to have another one, or remained childless forever?
Yes, they can. Firstly, they should go to the local police station and delete the household registration of their former child, then they can have another one. But, for now, since 2015, the Chinese government opened two-child policy, every family can have more than one child. Actually, before that, ethnic minority parents can have 2 or 3 children in China. That one-child policy only for the majority, Han Chinese. For example, my father is Man people, Mum is Hui people. They are not Han, so, they have right to have two children.
Load More Replies... Bring Baby Home should post pix of kidnappers as well as the children.
No one remembers them, it was long ago. As for the "buyers", I guess they were kind to the boy, and he does not want to expose them.
Load More Replies... Wonderful ending, especially that the birth mother got the new on Mother's Day
Incredible story. But, I really found it frightening that the surveillance system in China is so deep and complex that it was used to find a person based on a sketch of his adult face using a photo of him as a baby.
That doesn't really have anything to do with surveillance though. Face recognition and aging simulations have been around for a while.
Load More Replies... This is an amazing story. One of the comments annoyed me though; some broad said, "never underestimate the strength of a mum!" How about, never underestimate the strength of a dad either. He was there too you know.
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