Child Abuse and Neglect inChina: What the Papers Say

✍ Scribed by Therese Hesketh; Margaret A. Lynch

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 630 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0952-9136
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0852(199612)5:5<346::aid-car291>3.0.co;2-a

✦ Synopsis

Child Abuse and Neglect in China: What the Papers Say

In order to gain an insight into attitudes towards child abuse in China, a review of a number of newspapers for a period of 3 months was carried out. There was a dearth of relevant stories in national papers, but more in the local type of newspaper read by the majority of Chinese. Overall there were few reports relating to child abuse, especially in the intrafamilial setting. Of particular note is the number of reports of neglect of children following divorce. Violence towards students by teachers also features prominently. But by far the most reported issue is the damaging effect on children resulting from pressures for good academic performance in a highly competitive society.