An investigation into the case of a shackled mother of eight determined that she had been abducted from her hometown in 1998 and sold at least three times into forced marriages, authorities in East China's Jiangsu Province said on Wednesday.
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Shackled Chinese mom said to have been in 3 forced marriages
Public outrage spurred special investigation leading to 9 arrests
Many abductions occur in relatively poor provinces, after which the women are sold to people in wealthier distant provinces where there are large gender imbalances.
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