Kidnapping in China

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Kidnapping in China has its history since the ancient times. Such issues have been heavily studied and discussed by investigators and researchers.

Since at least the 1980s, kidnapping has become a bigger issue than ever before in the country.^[1] Since the 1990s, tougher laws against kidnapping have been established. Chinese authorities have also investigated in this regard.