Heartbreaking story in #China today: the 26-year old teacher’s tearful re-union with the parents who’ve been looking for him since he was 2 years old. His father never gave up the search, famously riding a motorbike from town to town with banners carrying his son’s photo. 
Twenty four years ago, the two year old was taken from the doorway directly in front of his family’s home. The police say they finally found him with a DNA match + that two suspects (a man and a woman) have been arrested for allegedly abducting the child and selling him in 1997.
Guo Gangtang’s relentless, decades-long search for his son on the back of a motorbike led to a film adaption of his story. He used the subsequent fame to help the parents of other missing children in #China but couldn’t find his own boy... until now.
Quote from Andy Lau who reportedly worked for free playing Guo Gangtang in the movie: “I feel extremely happy and inspired today because brother Guo’s son has been reunited with his parents after 24 years... I hope everyone can join me to support anti-human trafficking...”
Child abduction has been a massive problem in #China for many years and there are countless heartbroken parents here who have no idea where there kids have ended up or even if they are alive. Guo Gangtang has helped many of them and has now finally found his own son.
BTW, for those interested, here is one of the trailers for the movie based on Guo Gangtang's search for his son.
and here's another trailer for "Lost and Love" the movie based on Guo Gangtang's search for his son.
Re the DNA match process: It’s been part of a major push by police in #China this year to make breakthroughs in these unsolved cases. They say nearly 10,000 people have come forward for blood tests already, that 2,609 missing people have been found + 372 suspects arrested.
Re the big drive this year to solve these cases in #China it’d seem that it’s more likely to solve older abductions using a DNA match method. If a child has more recently been taken how would their DNA data find its way to the system? They may not even realise they were adopted?
It’s clearly caused massive pain in the community, not the least of which because - in some cases - there appear to have been "insiders" like relatives or village neighbours who have assisted in the abductions. bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
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